Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) with the moon rising, Tobago, Caribbean.

Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Juergen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Bajau boys playing on a rope swing hung high up in two tall coconut trees. Sibuan Island, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of island with Coconut palm trees, San Blas Islands, Caribbean coast, Panama 2006

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of island with coconut palms, San Blas, Panama, Caribbean Sea

Doug Perrine / Coconut / Robber crab climbing palm tree {Birgus latro} Palau, Micronesia

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees and beach overlooking lagoon, Dominican Republic