Stories
Field writing from the island
Millions of years of isolation left Socotra with species that exist nowhere else. These are the longer pieces: what lives here, what grows here, and what the coast actually looks like when you get there.
Nature
Socotra's Animals: What Lives Here, and Where
The endemic birds, the monk-hooded chameleon, the blue tarantula. What lives on Socotra, where each one is found, and which sightings a normal week will not deliver.
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Nature
Socotra Plants: The Trees That Grow Nowhere Else
A working guide to Socotra's flora: the bottle tree's three week bloom, eleven endemic frankincense species, and the regeneration crisis nobody photographs.
9 min read
Coast
Socotra's Beaches: Which Ones Are Worth the Drive
A working map of Socotra's coast: which beaches earn a full session, which are a photo stop, and which ones you reach only by boat.
9 min read