Gabriel Rojo / Black howler monkey female in tree {Alouatta caraya} Ibera, Argentina

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

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

Norbert Wu / Palm (Arecaceae) trees on tropical island, Papua New Guinea

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

Ingo Arndt / Floodplain with Pandanus palms under storm clouds, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, December 2010

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.

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.