FILE PHOTO: A view shows Hadibu city on the capital island of Socotra ...

Socotra Island is one of the most unique and isolated places on Earth. Known for its extraordinary landscapes, distinctive culture, and unparalleled biodiversity, it is a place unlike any other.

Socotra Island has been called the most alien-looking place on Earth, and with good reason. Sitting off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea, it’s home to plants and landscapes found nowhere else.

Made up of enormous sand dunes, craggy mountains, beautiful beaches and unique wildlife, the Yemeni island of Socotra is often referred to as the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean.” Long a coveted ...

Sitting off the Horn of Africa, the Yemeni island of Socotra was largely left to its own devices for centuries, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense, the healing plant aloe and ...

Few people have ever heard of the Socotra Archipelago even though, biologically-speaking, it is among the world’s most wondrous set of islands. Over one third of Socotra’s plants are found no-where ...

One hundred and fifty miles off the Horn of Africa lies a tiny archipelago of islands known as Socotra. Because of its extreme isolation from other land masses, Socotra has very unique plant life, a ...

Lying in the Indian Ocean half way between Somalia and Yemen, the strange island archipelagos of Socotra offer a bewildering array of life found no where else on Earth. Thirty seven percent of its ...

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 ...

Tropical Cyclone Mekunu left behind death and destruction after sweeping through waters near Yemen’s southern island of Socotra and pounding the island, a local official said Friday. Landfall was ...