Socotra’s topography contributes greatly to its otherworldly atmosphere. Between steep cliffs, rugged mountains and white ...

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 ...