It is, however, another endemic tree, the dragon’s blood, that’s come to symbolize Socotra, its distinctive shape even depicted on Yemen’s 20-rial coin. A relative of the common houseplants ...

The Dragon Blood Tree, native to the remote Socotra Island in Yemen, is one of the rarest and most unique trees on Earth. With its striking umbrella-shaped canopy and deep red sap known as "dragon ...

The IUCN has released its annual Red List of threatened species, and it's bad news for a very special tree. Find out more.

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site ...