Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia bugs (Probergrothius angolensis) feeding on the plant's sap, Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namibia

Lucas Bustamante / Welwitschia true bug (Probergrothius angolensis) on female Welwitschia / Tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis) with cones, Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female plant with cones at sunset, Namib Naukluft National Park, Swakopmund, Namibia.

Adrian Davies / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) Namib Desert, Namibia

Jen Guyton / Desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) male at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. Unlike most modern plants they're dioecious, which means that there are male plants and female pla...

Jen Guyton / Male cones of the desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 20...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, NamibiaThey are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000...

Jen Guyton / The desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These species are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000 years...

Jen Guyton / Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm over a desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) near Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) endemic to Namibia, Namib Desert

Chris Mattison / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing among tree fossils in the Petrified Forest, Namibia.

Chris Mattison / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing among tree fossils in the Petrified Forest, Namibia.

Ann & Steve Toon / Female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis), cones in flower, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa, May

Ann & Steve Toon / Female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Kunene region, Namibia, Africa, May

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowering shrub (Ephedra monosperma) Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female with cones and a cascade of seeds that will disperse into the wind and will hopefully give birth to new life into the Namib desert, Namibia