Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Juan Carlos Munoz / Palm tree branch dipping towards water, Puerto Jimenez, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Sandesh Kadur / Female Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) stripping fibres from and feeding on Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) leaf fronds, Manas, Kokrajhar, Assam, India

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) calling, silhouetted against the sun, Pantanal, Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Jack Dykinga / Rain spattered inter-locking palm leaves create a design of pattern and colour in the tropical rainforest. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Jabruson / Old abandoned Oil Palm trees (Elaeis guineensis), on the edge of plantation limits, at the edge of Korup National Park, South West Cameroon.

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the canopy of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia

Jouan & Rius / View up through Palm trees in swamp forest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Lined Leaf-tailed Gecko {Uroplatus lineatus} showing darker nocturnal colouration, camouflaged amongst dead palm fronds. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} looking up at the ripening dates, Muscat, Oman