Chile peppers are thought to have originated in South America, but they have been cultivated all over the world for centuries, resulting in a wide variety of species with different colors, shapes, ...

You snack on bell peppers, you love the heat of jalapeño in homemade watermelon salsa and you’ve dabbled with poblanos, but you’re ready to branch out. Good news: There are approximately 4,000 ...

It’s no secret that chile is a popular and essential crop in New Mexico.Now researchers at New Mexico State University are working to develop more nutritious and better-yielding chile pepper varieties ...

Here in New Mexico, autumn starts with the smell of roasting chile. In parking lots and on roadsides, aproned vendors turn the cranks on rotating gas-fueled drums filled with fragrant chile peppers.

If you like the sort of spicy heat that a habanero pepper brings to your meal -- but don’t want to get your tongue burned off -- a new variety developed by Rutgers University could become your ...