Look for a cantaloupe with a golden tan rind, indicating ripeness. Check for slight softness at the blossom-end, suggesting a ripe melon. A ripe cantaloupe should feel heavy and sound deep when ...

Cantaloupe is one of summer’s sweetest treats, but is it just us or is choosing the ideal melon kind of intimidating? (C’mon, they all look the same—and we’ve all been burned by a bland one.) Here’s ...

It's a juicy, orange summer fruit that's related to the watermelon and honeydew melon. It also belongs to the same plant family as cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes, and gourds. The semisweet cantaloupes ...

It's here: Cantaloupe season. Cantaloupe is the hydrating, versatile healthy fruit that’s synonymous with summer. As you cut into a cantaloupe’s understated exterior, a vibrantly colored, orange ...

The rind of a cantaloupe may be hard enough to knock on, but it’s not tough enough to keep out harmful pathogens, as an outbreak of Salmonella Panama reminded consumers this week. What is it that ...

Time-lapse of growing cantaloupe from a fresh seed to fruit over 101 days. The seed was extracted from a fresh melon, then ...

U.S. food safety officials are urging consumers not to eat certain cantaloupe products, including some fruit cups, due to the risk of illness as they investigate a worsening outbreak of salmonella ...

Scientists at the University of Georgia are using their melons in more ways than one. Researchers in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the College of Agricultural and Environmental ...