On the other side of the world, in the middle of another ocean, lies a second Galapagos: the remote island of Socotra where more than one third of the 800 or so local plant species are found nowhere ...

Socotra's unique flora has been attracting botanists since the 19th century and, more recently, European pharmaceutical companies. Frank Gardner / BBC The rare, endemic Socotra Bunting, Emberiza ...

The Socotra archipelago is one of the most amazing and preserved treasures of our planet. Located in the Indian Ocean, off ...

Socotra, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, boasts an alien-like landscape and unparalleled biodiversity. Its unique flora and fauna, including the iconic Dragon Blood Tree, are found nowhere ...

Between Africa and Arabia lies an island of rare biological oddities—one that’s buffeted now by development, cyclones, and civil war. The Socotra dragon's blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, can live a ...

An extraordinary island in Africa, located between two nations, is renowned for its unique biodiversity and striking landscapes. However, British tourists are currently unable to visit due to travel ...

This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s nearly midnight on the broad hill called Firmihin, where a dragon’s blood forest grows. The moon, a night past full, ...

As visitors flock to see the Yemen island’s Candyland-like features, the increase in tourism is both helping to ease poverty and straining traditional ways of life. Socotra is an island of roughly ...

The rare, endemic Socotra Bunting, Emberiza Socotrana. It is found on the high grassy pastures of the Diksam Plateau and is one of nearly a dozen of the island’s bird species that exist nowhere else ...