Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mastodon found on the campus of Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, likely was killed by a lightning strike more than 27,000 ...

A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this fall, a resident in the town of Wallkill's hamlet of Scotchtown unearthed the first pieces of what turned out to be a ...

DETROIT, Mich. -- A 6-year-old boy noticed something on the ground while on a family walk in Michigan last month. It turned out to be a mastodon tooth. Appropriately enough, he found it at the ...

JAMESON, Mo. (KTVI) — A day of exploring this summer led to the finding of a priceless fossil for a Missouri 18-year-old. Ira Johnson, of Jameson, found the fossilized tooth of a mastodon — an ...

A homeowner in New York uncovered a complete mastodon jaw in their backyard in what officials are calling a "remarkable discovery." The jaw of the extinct mammal, which was similar to an elephant, and ...

Students at Principia College help clean off residue from an unearthed mastodon fossil on Dec. 5, 2024. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat A mastodon found on the campus of Principia College in ...