David Pattyn / Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) two feeding on their favourite palm-nuts in tree, Pantanal, Brazil, August

David Pattyn / Palm trees in a dry savannah-like landscape, in the Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Pamilacan Island, Bohol Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees, Asan Beach, War in the Pacific National Historic Park, Guam

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees on Ritidian Beach, Guam

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees, Palmetto Bay, Roatan Island, Honduras

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm (Hyphaene compressa) growing in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm trees (Hyphaene compressa) Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm (Hyphaene compressa) along Tana river delta, Kenya, East Africa

David Noton / San Juan Beach with palm trees at dusk, Siquijor, The Visayas, Philippines. February 2011

David Noton / Palm tree and beach at Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles

David Noton / Palm trees and beach at Anse Severe, La Digue, Seychelles. February 2007.

David Noton / Palm trees and moon above the sea at Pigeon Point, Tobago

David Noton / Oponohu Bay, Moorea, Tahititi, French Polynesia

David Noton / Dawn over the ocean with palm trees at Bottom Bay, South East Coast, Barbados

Shibai Xiao / Common / Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) climbing a tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Common / Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) climbing a tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Common / Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) climbing a tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / White lipped palm / tree viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) in tree with a defensive posture, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, China.

Roland Seitre / Forest in the Orejiamarillo reserve and palm with parrot nestbox attached. National Park, Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Gonzalo Cardona Molina, coordinator of the Andean Parrot Project, observing yellow-eared parrots in wax palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense)s. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Roland Seitre / Quindio Wax Palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense), typical trees for yellow-eared parrots to breed in. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Sue Flood / Copra drying on Puka Puka. This is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. Coconut oil extracted from it has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many coconut producing countries. Puk...

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) trees in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) trees in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Benoit Stichelbaut / Palm tree with swing on Kuda Bandos Island, Maldives 1996

Benoit Stichelbaut / Palm tree and boat, Kuda Bandos Island, Maldives 1996

Onne van der Wal / Friends relaxing on the aftdeck of a catamaran anchored in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010. Model released.

Alex Mustard / Silver thatch palm tree (Coccothrinax proctorii) silhouette at sunset, Caribbean species is endemic to the Cayman Islands, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean.

Brent Stephenson / Cabbage / Palm Lily trees (Cordyline australis) amongst flowering manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) bushes. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Cabbage / Palm Lily trees (Cordyline australis) amongst flowering manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) bushes. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September.

Simon Colmer / Areca nut palm (Areca catechu), the areca nut is popularly chewed in Asia

Konrad Wothe / Mission Beach with palm trees, near Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees, Agana Beach, Guam

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees, Agana Beach, Guam

Pete Oxford / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) domesticated orphans feeding on palm fruit by shaking tree, Grey Matters, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Kristel Richard / Two rare Sorraia stallions pulling a cart, at the Coudelaria Nacional (National Stud Farm), in Alter do Chao, District of Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal.

Rob Tilley / Areca Palm (Palmae) leaves and trunks. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Rob Tilley / Areca Palm (Palmae) leaves and trunks. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) mature male sitting in a palm tree, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April

Anup Shah / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) young male sitting on the fronds of a palm tree, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Sabal Palm (Sabal texana) trees at sunset. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palms on shoreline against dawn light. Punta Gruesa, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera) against sunrise. Punta Gruesa, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Palm trees (Bactris sp.) in flooded igapo forest. Cocaya River, eastern Amazon rain forest on the border of Peru and Ecuador, March 2009.

Pete Oxford / Royal Palm (Roystonea regia) trees, Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve, Cuba

Juergen Freund / Leaning Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) at sunset. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff walk through tribal Uningan Nature Reserve bushland. The reserve covers over 2,800 hectares and includes habitats such as open woodland, palm forests and mangroves...

Juergen Freund / Shark fishermen rest under a tarpaulin shelter attached to a beachside palm tree. Daram Island, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Screw palm / pine (Pandanus spiralis) submerged in the flooded bush. Queensland, Australia, February

Daniel Heuclin / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) Cottonwood Spring, Joshua's Tree National Monument, California, USA, September.

Daniel Heuclin / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) Cottonwood Spring, Joshua's Tree National Monument, California, USA, September.

Pete Oxford / Hurricane Dean damage showing destroyed palm trees, Mahahual, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Berber tent beside palm trees in the Dunes of Erg Chebbi, near the village of Merzouga, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Mauritia Palms (Mauritia flexuosa) growing on the Savannah grasslands, Rupununi, Guyana, December 2009

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at dusk on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and mangroves at Hinawanan Beach, Bohol Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees on Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at sunset near Dimiao, Bohol Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees at sunset at Bikini Beach, Panglao Island, Philippines

Tim Fitzharris / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees, Bikini Beach, Panglao Island, Philippines

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) trees and boardwalk, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Angelo Gandolfi / Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) growing along the Kourtaliotic gorge, at the mouth of the river Megalos Potamos, Crete, Greece.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cretan palm tree forest (Phoenix theophrasti) viewed from above, Vai, Crete, Greece

Angelo Gandolfi / Aerial view of people kayaking on the river Megalos Potamos, between the endemic Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) Crete, Greece

Oriol Alamany / Chilean palm trees (Jubaea chilensis) on Anakena beach, Easter Island (Pascua or Rapa Nui), Unesco World Heritage Site, November 2004

Oriol Alamany / Chilean Palm tree (Jubaea chilensis) on Anakena beach, Easter Island (Pascua / Rapa Nui), Unesco World Heritage Site, November 2004

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tall palm tree growing up through roof in narrow courtyard, Palacio del Marques de Tamaron, 17th Century mansion house, Vejer de la Frontera, Nr Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain, August 2008

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / Processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf cover,...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) with fruit, Rupununi, Guyana

Gerrit Vyn / Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) male perched on pine, in breeding plumage (western subspecies D. p. palmarum) Alberta, Canada. May.

Michel Roggo / Flooded palm trees underwater in Amazon rainforest, near Rio Tabajos. Rainy season, Amazon, Brazil

Tim Laman / Lowland rainforest with Rotan Palm (Calamus sp.) and Dipterocarpus trees (Dipterocarpus sublamellatus) Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Palm tree (Palmae) with flower opening, lowlands of western Ecuador, South America

Aflo / N-7208 View through coastal vegetation to beach and sea in Hapuna Beach State Park, Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii

Aflo / Y-11103 Rainbow over coconut palm trees, Japan

Aflo / N-7001 Tiny tropical sand island with palm tree surrounded by sea. Composite image -

Tim Laman / Palm oasis in the desert of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA, April 2005

Stephen Dalton / Tropical beach with palm trees, Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Palm trees (Bismarkia nobilis) native to Madagascar, and sandstone rock formations, Isalo National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Alan Watson / Palm trees (Bismarkia nobilis) native to Madagascar, and sandstone rock formations, Isalo National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Alan Watson / Palm trees (Bismarkia nobilis) native to Madagascar, and sandstone rock formations, Isalo National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Alan Watson / Palm tree (Bismarkia nobilis) native to Madagascar, and sandstone rock formations, Isalo National Park, Madagascar

Murray Cooper / Andean Wax Palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense) fruiting, Colombia

Onne van der Wal / Beach with palm trees in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Tropical beach with palm trees and boats in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Stock image shot on charter while sailing in the Grenadines. A group of island in the Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Tropical beach with palm trees and boats in the Grenadines, Caribbean. February 2010.

Oriol Alamany / Woman walking along Anakena beach with Chilean Palm in the foreground, Easter Island, Pacific ocean, November 2004