A dragon blood’s tree overlooks a natural infinity pool within Homhil Protected Area on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) By Associated Press ...

Ecotourism guide Sami Mubarak stands beneath a struggling dragon’s blood tree, one of Socotra’s most iconic and endangered species. Once widespread across the island, these ancient trees now ...

But it’s the dragon’s blood tree that has long captured imaginations, its otherworldly form seeming to belong more to the pages of Dr Seuss than to any terrestrial forest.

Scientists worry for their future A dragon blood's tree overlooks a natural infinity pool within Homhil Protected Area on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 21, 2024. Credit: AP/Annika Hammerschlag ...

But it’s the dragon’s blood tree that has long captured imaginations, its otherworldly form seeming to belong more to the pages of Dr. Seuss than to any terrestrial forest.

But it’s the dragon’s blood tree that has long captured imaginations, its otherworldly form seeming to belong more to the pages of Dr. Seuss than to any terrestrial forest.

The Dragon Blood Tree, native to the remote Socotra Island in Yemen, is one of the rarest and most unique trees on Earth. With its striking umbrella-shaped canopy and deep red sap known as "dragon ...

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The exotic Dragon Blood tree is native to parts of Africa, and was planted in 1903 near the Victoria Park Racecourse, opposite Britannia Roundabout and the site of the Adelaide 500 Supercars race.