Among them are bottle trees, whose swollen trunks jut from rock like sculptures, ... (A dragon blood's tree sits above a canyon on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 18, 2024.

Dragon’s blood trees are seen from the highest peak on the Yemeni island of Socotra, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) Flowers blossom on a bottle tree on the Yemeni island of ...

As a biodiversity hotspot, Socotra was once the preserve of intrepid archaeologists and die-hard birders—but now, its alien ...

Dragon's blood trees are seen from the highest peak on the Yemeni island of Socotra, on September 19, 2024. Annika Hammerschlag/AP But the tree is more than a botanical curiosity: It’s a pillar ...

A bottle tree grows from a cliff face on the Yemeni island of Socotra, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) Ghost crab nests line the beach on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 22, 2024.

Between Africa and Arabia lies an island of rare biological oddities—one that’s buffeted now by development, cyclones, and civil war. The Socotra dragon's blood tree, Dracaena cinnabari, can ...

Increasingly intense cyclones uproot trees. Across the rugged expanse of Socotra’s Firmihin plateau, the largest remaining dragon’s blood forest unfolds against the backdrop of jagged mountains.

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 a kind of dragon's ...

Flowers blossom on a bottle tree on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 20, 2024. Credit: AP/Annika HammerschlagIncreasingly intense cyclones uproot trees.

Among them are bottle trees, ... is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that is now struggling to survive intensifying threats from climate ...

Among them are bottle trees, whose swollen trunks jut from rock like sculptures, and frankincense, their gnarled limbs twisting skywards. A map of Socotra: But it’s the dragon’s blood tree that has ...