Schweinfurth, to whom Dr. Balfour sent a catalogue of the plants he himself collected, with the gratifying result presently to be explained. Botany of Socotra. By Isaac Bayley Balfour ...

“This is a famous example of a strategy that Socotra plants have evolved to withstand the harsh drought conditions here,” Banfield said. “This is Adenium obesum sokotranum. It also grows on ...

A subspecies of southern Arabia’s desert rose, it is endemic to Socotra. Of the island’s 825 plant species, an estimated 307 are endemic, found nowhere else on Earth. Frank Gardner / BBC ...

The island chain of Socotra, famed for unique plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet, is coping with the aftermath of a powerful cyclone. The archipelago was struck by Cyclone Mekunu ...