RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - The Black Hills tourist attraction Reptile Gardens opened this weekend to begin its 79th year of operation. Park officials say the reptile department has prepared exhibits ...

Reptile Gardens of Rapid City has been ranked at #10 in USA Today’s recent ranking of the top zoos in America.

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A 130-year-old giant tortoise that has delighted visitors to a South Dakota reptile park for more than half a century has died. KEVN-TV reports that Methuselah (muh-THOO ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Orville is a tortoise who just turned 120. Orville got to munch on some watermelon cake and take pictures with everyone who attended his party. Orville also received birthday ...

After 57 years of providing piggyback rides and being in hundreds of thousands of pictures at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, the 500-pound tortoise Methuselah died Sunday at the age ...

The South Dakota Department of Transportation has a plan for the high-accident area on U.S. Highway 16 near Reptile Gardens, but those changes can take several more years to fully ...

Built by an eccentric cowboy turned herpetologist just on the eastern edge of South Dakota's Black Hills, Reptile Gardens is America's unexpected capital of reptile wrangling. In 1935, Earl ...

In 1937, a young and fearless snake enthusiast founded Reptile Gardens just outside of Rapid City. Nearly 90 years later, his son is being recognized by the South Dakota Hall of Fame.