SOCOTRA, Yemen -- On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is ...

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 ...

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This may sound like something straight out of a horror movie, but it isn’t fiction—it's a real tree called the Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari). Native to the island of Socotra in Yemen, this ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Ms. Tsui is the author of “American Chinatown” and “Why We Swim.” In photographs displayed at my grandfather’s funeral last month, the plant is there: a splendid, eight-foot dracaena, holding court ...

If you are a sorcerer or a wiccan practitioner, there is only one way to scribe your potions and spells: with ink made of dragon's blood. Known throughout history as sanguis draconis, ancient ...