It's barbecue season, and if you want to bring a real backyard crowd-pleaser, a watermelon is a safe bet. Now, what if I told you that you could up your game and bring a square watermelon? That's ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Alongside Texas 222, between Knox City and Munday, the wind-whipped West Texas plains are interrupted by a tall sign bearing a vivid stylized watermelon crescent. The watermelon ...

A Japanese plant breeder created the seedless variety in the 1930s by crossing a regular watermelon plant with one that had ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Many of my fondest summer memories are centered around the juicy ripe red ...

I recently learned about a watermelon the size of an egg that was hybridized in Virginia. The hybridizer is Delaney Raptis, a teenager who created this botanical oddity in her suburban backyard.

What is the Fourth of July without watermelon? Especially seedless watermelons, for folks not wanting to maneuver around seeds. Ever wonder how seedless watermelons are made? This is a short version ...