Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation Sahel, Niger.

Pascal Kobeh / Striped / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) looking for food with its chin barbels out, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Red stripped mullet (Mullus surmuletus) foraging, Azores, Atlantic ocean.

Will Watson / Proso / Red millet (Panicum miliaceum) in field as a cover crop for game and wild birds, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK. September.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Millet cowrie (Erosaria miliaris) Sharp Island or Kiu Tsui Chau, Kiu Tsui Country Park, Hong Kong, China.

Georgette Douwma / Presenters Martha Holmes and Mike De Gruy surrounded by Lemon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) Hawaii, on location for BBC NHU series Seatrek 1991

Sue Daly / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Sue Daly / Close-up of a Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Sue Daly / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Philippe Clement / Proso millet / broomcorn millet / common millet / broomtail millet (Panicum miliaceum) in summer, Belgium, July.

Pete Oxford / Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pete Oxford / Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pete Oxford / Cattail Millet (Pennisetum glaucum), Uttar Pradesh, India

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmers with cattle grazing on harvested Millet, (Panicum miliaceum) Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia, December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmer holding millet (Panicum miliaceum) grains during threshing, with cattle in the background. Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia, December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmer holding millet (Panicum miliaceum) grains. Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia December 2013.

Andy Trowbridge / Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding on Millet grain / seed head. Southern Norway. December.

Andy Trowbridge / Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding on Millet grain / seed head. Southern Norway. December.

Ernie Janes / Drying crop of millet in courtyard of house, Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Nick Upton / Juvenile and adult Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) foraging on millet from a seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Young Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) feeding on a Millet seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) standing as it dehusks and feeds on millet from a seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) foraging on a Millet seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Pascal Kobeh / Striped / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) looking for food with a chin barbel out, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Sam Hobson / Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni), female. Endemic. Millet, Saint Lucia.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / Harvesting millet at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / Harvested millet stowage at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe in plantation {Giraffa camelopardalis peralta}, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe in plantation {Giraffa camelopardis peralta}. Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe in millet plantation {Giraffa camelopardalis peralta}, Niger.

Philippe Clement / Switchgrass / Tall panic grass / Blackbent (Panicum virgatum), native to North America, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, May

Simon Colmer / Wild finger millet (Eleusine indica) also known as Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass, A Medicinal plant used in Uganda to cure stomach ache and chicken pox

Nick Upton / Aerial view of game cover copses and standing crops, probably of White millet (Panicum miliaceum) and curving shooting rides, near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK, January 2011.

Pete Oxford / Millet (Crenicichla alta) in permanant freshwater pond, savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon villagers breaking up soil before planting crop of millet in the village of Tireli. Mali, W.Africa, 1981.

Bernard Castelein / Woman with scythe, working in fields to harvest millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman working in fields harvesting millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman in field, harvesting millet using traditional methods, Helambu region, Nepal, November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman with scythe, working in fields to harvest millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Aerial view of Chortens / Stupa (Buddhist sites) in millet fields, Tamang heritage trail, Gadlang, Langtang region, Nepal, November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Aerial view of Stupa / Chortens (Buddhist sites) in millet fields, Tamang heritage trail, Gadlang, Langtang region, Nepal, November 2009

Simon Colmer / Smilo grass / Many Flowered Millet (Piptatherum miliaceum), a perennial mountain rice native to the Mediterranean and introduced into North America.

Nature Production / Broomcorn Millet / Proso {Panicum miliaceum} Tokyo, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Grass (Sorghum sp) and Pearl Millet (Penissetum sp) bunches, annual grasses grown as grain and animal fodder, Sahel Desert, Mali, west Africa

Ingo Arndt / Pearl Millet (Pennisetum sp) annual grass grown as grain and animal fodder, Sahel Desert, Mali, west Africa

Susan McMillan / Gambian women crushing millet, with child watching, Gambia, West Africa

Philippe Clement / Millet {Panicum miliaceum} Belgium

David Fleetham / Lemon / millet butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris), Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Jack Perks / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) entering frame and foraging in sand beside Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) as Wrasse (Labridae sp.) enters frame and picks off disturbed food, Swanage Pier, Dorset...

Ashok Jain / Two Indian pied mynas (Sturnus contra) feeding on millet on stone wall along the shore of Yamuna River, Delhi, India.

Ashok Jain / Indian pied myna (Sturnus contra) feeding on millet on stone wall along the shore of Yamuna River, Delhi, India.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Aerial view of small scale agriculture, predominantly millet crops, along the Mara River, Northern Mara area, Kenya, Africa. November, 2019. The Mara River flow is reduced as water is taken from it t...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Aerial view of small scale agriculture, predominantly millet crops, along the Mara River, Northern Mara area, Kenya, Africa. November, 2019. The Mara River flow is reduced as water is taken from it to...

Doug Perrine / Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) on reef, portrait, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) portrait, Pawai Bay, Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Eric Baccega / Video monitoring of a Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) by Cassandra Millet, keeper of the panda unit. Beauval ZooParc, Saint-Aignan, France. August 2021. Editorial use only.

Nigel Cattlin / Spotted stalk borer (Chilo partellus) caterpillar in damaged sorghum (Sorghum sp.) stem, South Africa, February

Nigel Cattlin / Maturing ears of sorghum, broom-corn / great millet (Sorghum bicolor) against a blue sky, November, Thailand

Sergio Hanquet / Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Franco Banfi / Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) Puolo Bay, Marine Protected Area, Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) Puolo Bay, Punta Campanella Marine Protected Area, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

Nigel Cattlin / Maturing crop of Sorghum / Great millet (Sorghum bicolor) ears and leaves of a large plant in crop Tennessee, USA, October

Dimitris Poursanidis / Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) female and three striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim above little neptune seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa), Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, G...

Dimitris Poursanidis / A school of striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim over seagrass meadow, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

David Fleetham / Reef scene with Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) and schooling Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Schooling milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) endemic. Hawaii.