In the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. More than a third of the plant species on the island don’t exist anywhere else on the planet. That ...

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’s ...

SOCOTRA, Yemen -- On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is ...

On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s ...

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SOCOTRA, Yemen — On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a ...

SOCOTRA, Yemen (Reuters) - When the goat leapt on the table to snatch our breakfast, we realised the dawn plane from mainland Yemen had flown us to an island of surprises. But ill-mannered goats ...

Police in a Sydney, Australia, suburb tracked down what they called an “audacious arborist” who stole a rare tree and fled on a bicycle. The suspect was captured on camera digging up and removing a ...