Last month fellow Sporked staffer Tyler Bowers and I were standing at the Perfetti Van Melle booth at the Sweets & Snacks Expo, talking about the Bubblicious bubble gum display. Naturally, the ...

Watermelon has a host of health benefits including protecting one's joints from inflammation and improving digestive conditions. It's also 90% water.

If you want to feed your cat watermelon, make sure to remove the seeds and rind. Both are choking hazards to cats. Watermelon rinds can also cause intestinal blockages or an upset stomach.

A juicy, sweet slice of watermelon is hard to resist on a sweltering hot summer day. The refreshing melon can be grilled, tossed into a salad, marinated, or puréed into a daiquiri.However ...

Watermelon doesn’t lend itself well to canning, drying or freezing, Dr. Slavin said, so it’s harder to enjoy out of season. She thinks this is one reason the fruit is so loved.

About 4,300 years ago, someone drew a melon on the wall of a tomb in Egypt. It’s big, fat, green and generously striped: Everything you’d expect a watermelon to be.