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 ...