The Yemeni island of Socotra was largely unspoiled, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense. Now it is ...

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Frankincense and bottle trees grow in Socotra. The island receives about 5,000 tourists annually, many drawn by the surreal sight of the dragon’s blood forests.

The unique tree, with its crimson resin and dense crown of prehistoric leaves, is a beloved symbol of the Arabian Sea island of Socotra and its parent country of Yemen.

Dragon's blood trees only grown on the island of Socotra in Yemen. Climate change is killing them off, raising questions about their survival.

These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future The dragon's blood tree is more than a botanical curiosity: It’s a pillar of Socotra’s ecosystem. The umbrella ...

Ecotourism guide Sami Mubarak stands beneath a struggling dragon’s blood tree, one of Socotra’s most iconic and endangered species. Once widespread across the island, these ancient trees now ...

An island of dragon’s blood forests Often compared to the Galapagos Islands, Socotra floats in splendid isolation some 240 kilometres off the Horn of Africa.

These trees exist on only one island on Earth. The race is on to save them The tree is more than a botanical curiosity: It’s a pillar of Socotra’s ecosystem ...

The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that is now struggling to survive ...