Bayley Balfour proceeded to Socotra early in 1880, accompanied by Mr. A. Scott, a gardener, and joined at Aden by Lieut. Cockburn, for the purpose of investigating the natural history of the island.

Frank Gardner / BBC Dragon's Blood Tree is known to Socotrans by its Arabic name, Damm Al-Akhwayn – Blood of Two Brothers. Endemic to the remote Haghir Mountains of Socotra, it is named after ...

Today Socotra’s rich biological diversity brings new explorers, who hope to learn its secrets before the modern world changes it forever. Land snails climb trees on Socotra’s arid Zahr Plain ...

The island chain of Socotra, famed for unique plants and animals ... One of the most iconic of its native species is the blood dragon tree - a striking, umbrella-shaped tree with a thick trunk.