Fly over the captivating island of Socotra, Yemen, in this breathtaking aerial journey. This stunning drone footage provides ...

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 ...

Some places on earth contain so much natural, untouched beauty that you simply must see it to believe it. Socotra is one such place. Brimming with wondrous and incredible biodiversity, it is home to ...

CABI has published a ‘Guide to the naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plants of Socotra, Yemen,’ a place designated in 2008 a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site rich in flora and fauna not ...

One hundred and fifty miles off the Horn of Africa lies a tiny archipelago of islands known as Socotra. Because of its extreme isolation from other land masses, Socotra has very unique plant life, a ...

Sitting off the Horn of Africa, the Yemeni island of Socotra was largely left to its own devices for centuries, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense, the healing plant aloe and ...

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 ...

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. Nestled high on a plateau between ...

Fly over the captivating island of Socotra, Yemen, in this breathtaking aerial journey. This stunning drone footage provides ...

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 ...