David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

David Pattyn / Moriche palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) at Laguna Grande in an area of flooded forest, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, July, Cuyabeno wildlife reserve, Sucumbios, Amazo...

Shane P. White / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on palm tree, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

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

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

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

David Perpinan / Great rufous woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) arriving at nest site in a dead palm tree, climbs down to nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Chien Lee / Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) trees on hillside, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Fan Palm (Licuala sp) trees in lowland rainforest, Nimbokrang, New Guinea, Indonesia

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.

Cyril Ruoso / Keeper feeding Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Gabriel Rojo / Yatay palm / jelly palm (Batia yatay) trees silhouetted at sunset, El Palmar National Park, Entre Rios Province, Argentina

Nick Garbutt / Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus), Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Floris van Breugel / A lone palm tree at twilight off the coast of American Samoa. January 2012.

Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005

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

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

Inaki Relanzon,Inaki Relanzon / Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) at night, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, June 2012.

Mark Carwardine / Aye-aye {Daubentonia madagascariensis} feeding in palm tree at night, Aye-aye Island, NE Madagascar

Christophe Courteau / Hamadryas Baboon {Papio hamadryas} climbing palm tree in order to feed on nuts. Awash NP, Ethiopia

MYN / Seth Patterson / Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

Daniel Heuclin / White-lipped / Green tree viper (Cryptelytrops albolabris) captive, from SE Asia

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian house. The houses are made by constructing a frame from cut logs and covering it with palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of palm oil plantations (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Newly harvested Mangrove timber getting cleaned in the sea. The red bark has been taken off causing an orange red tint in the shallow water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

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

Jenny E. Ross / A Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plantation in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. More than 90 percent of the dates produced in the United States are grown in this region, using Colorado River...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Itacarezinho Beach, in the municipality of Itacar, southeastern Bahia State. Brazil, August 2010

Mary McDonald / Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) pair perched in Palm tree, the Pantanal, Brazil, South America.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Sue Flood / Woman tourist relaxing in hammock on tropical beach, Deadman's Bay, Peter Island, British Virgin Islands, April 2008, Model released

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

Mark Bowler / Peruvian red uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) eating aguaje palm fruits (Mauritia flexuosa) Yavari River, Peru, vulnerable species, wild

Mark Bowler / Peruvian red uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) feeding in rainforest on aguaje palm fruits (Mauritia flexuosa) Yavari River, Peru, wild, vulnerable species

Steven David Miller / White-lipped / Giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata) on palm tree, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched in palm tree, silhouetted at sunset, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil, sequence 1/3. Endangered

Staffan Widstrand / Palm tree shadow on beach nd sea shore, Tobago, Caribbean.

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

Doug Perrine / Palm tree octocoral {Clavularia sp} Layang layang atoll, Malaysia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Red bellied macaw at nest in dead palm tree {Ara manilata} Madre de Dios, Peru

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collecting nuts of Assahi palm tree {Euterpe oleracea} Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Motacu palm tree {Attalea phalerata} Beni dept, Bolivia

Pete Oxford / Granite outcrop, Source d'argent beach, La Digue, Seychelles. Coastal landscape

Gavin Hellier / Anse Severe Beach and Palm Tree at sunset, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

David Noton / Vertical panoramic of tropical palm tree silhouette, Moorea Tahiti, French Polynesia South Pacific twilight

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) in tree drinking from Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut, monkeys use rocks and anvils to crack open nuts, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Norbert Wu / Idyllic beach, palm tree and tropical island, Solomon Islands

Tui De Roy / Woka Palm (Livingstonia rotundifolia) and buttress in lowland rainforest understory, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tony Phelps / White lipped palm viper in tree {Trimeresurus albolabris} Thailand

Toby Sinclair / Coconut palm tree on beach {Cocos nucifera} Lakshadweep, Laccadive islands, Indian ocean

Jabruson / African palm civet. in tree. Epulu Ituri rainforest Reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Gavin Hellier / Anse Severe Beach and Palm Tree, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Georgette Douwma / Tree fern or Palm coral {Clavularia sp} Papua New Guinea

Gavin Hellier / Anse source d'Argent Beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Gavin Hellier / Anse Source d'Argent Beach, La Digue Island Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Gavin Hellier / Anse Source d'Argent Beach with granite boulders, La Digue Island Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Gavin Hellier / Anse Source d'Argent Beach with granite boulders, La Digue Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Gerry Ellis / Rainforest tree being logged to clear area for oil palm plantation, western Cameroon

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred and killed by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Gabriel Rojo / Golden-winged cacique (Cacicus chrysopterus) vocalising in Palm tree. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Gabriel Rojo / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) two perched in palm tree. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Gabriel Rojo / Palm trees with milky way in night sky. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Suzi Eszterhas / Poisoned palm tree (Arecaceae) as part of a replanting project, converting palm plantations back to natural forest. Cordinated by the Sumatran Orangutan Society. Sei Betung Site, Gunung Leuser Nationa...

Suzi Eszterhas / Poisoned palm tree (Arecaceae) as part of a replanting project, converting palm plantations back to natural forest. Cordinated by the Sumatran Orangutan Society. Sei Betung Site, Gunung Leuser Nationa...

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over oil palm plantations and rainforest edge, showing areas of deforestation, Rondonia, Brazil, 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coffee shop with Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) on counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted and use...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces. Jatiluwih Green Land, Bali, Indonesia. 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rice (Oryza sativa) terraces. Jatiluwih Green Land, Bali, Indonesia. 2015.

Jack Dykinga / Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) are drapped by a heavy blanket of snow. California. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert, Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in late s...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Jack Dykinga / Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in a late-season blizzard. Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and Mojave yuccas (Yucca schidigera) covered in a heavy blanket of snow. Mojave Natural Preserve, Mojave Desert,...

Tony Wu / Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) with three crowns, Tongatapu Island, Kingdom of Tonga

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Russet-backed oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons) building a nest. Tambopata National Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru.

Nick Upton / European fan palms/ Mediterranean dwarf palms/ Dwarf fan palms (Chamaerops humilis) growing among limestone rocks on cliff edge, near Arta, Mallorca, Spain, August.

Tim Fitzharris / Rock formation and palm trees on beach, Hidden Beach, Palawan, Philippines

Bernard Castelein / Guianan brown capuchin (Sapajus apella), exploring a hole in a palm tree for insects, Madidi NP, Bolivia

Bernard Castelein / Guianan brown capuchin (Sapajus apella), exploring a hole in a palm tree for insects, Madidi NP, Bolivia