Beyond its natural wonders, Socotra is also the cradle of a thousand-year-old culture. The inhabitants, the Soqotrians, have ...

This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s nearly midnight on the broad hill called Firmihin, where a dragon’s blood forest grows. The moon, a night past ...

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 ...

The project involved gathering and translating 15 traditional folk tales from Socotra’s cultural heritage. These stories were presented in Socotri, Arabic, and English, and subsequently published on a ...

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

These revelations illuminate the broader regional dynamics, particularly with the Houthi rebels expanding their operations beyond the Red and Arab Seas to target vessels bound for Israel in the ...

2008 32COM 8B.5 - Examination of nomination of natural, mixed and cultural properties to the World Heritage List - Socotra Archipelago (YEMEN) 2022 State of conservation report by the State Party / ...