Bayley Balfour proceeded to Socotra early in 1880 ... Cockburn, for the purpose of investigating the natural history of the island. Originally it was intended that Colonel Godwin-Austen should ...

Frank Gardner / BBC The rare, endemic Socotra Bunting, Emberiza Socotrana. It is found on the high grassy pastures of the Diksam Plateau and is one of nearly a dozen of the island’s bird species ...

The island chain of Socotra, famed for unique plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet, is coping with the aftermath of a powerful cyclone. The archipelago was struck by Cyclone Mekunu ...

We are talking about Socotra Island, located in the Indian Ocean and pertaining to Yemen. The Arab country has barely been explored, aside from news reports linked to the ideological and religious ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Five people were killed and at least 40 missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Friday as Cyclone Mekunu pummeled ...