Forget apples and pumpkins. In New Mexico, fall arrives with a different scent entirely! It is the smoky, mouth-watering aroma of Hatch chile peppers roasting over open flames. These aren’t just any ...

In Costa Rica, the chile pepper is very popular with the locals, particularly as an ornamental plant that doubles as a spicy condiment for meals. Chiles are truly native plants of the neotropics that ...

Banner image: Abel Campos, majoring in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, examines a fossil in the Invertebrate Paleontology department at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. (Photo: ...

In a recent study published in Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers explored the association between chili pepper intake frequency and the risk of obesity. Study: Does chili pepper consumption affect ...