We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most of us simply grab bananas from the grocery store without a second thought. We look at the bunches, pick one that's ripeness matches our ...

The bananas you find in the average U.S. grocery store are pretty much the same: They're the genetic variety known as Cavendish. In the market in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, though, you have choices. Brian ...

Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped ...