Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees on coast, Bacuit Bay near El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

Floris van Breugel / Sprouting Coconut palm on stony beach on the south shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. January 2012.

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

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

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 / 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

Jouan & Rius / Palm trees (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Palm leaves (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, 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...

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

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

Thomas Marent / African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantation and people, eastern Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Licuala fan palm (Licuala ramsayi), Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Juan Manuel Borrero / Palms casting long shadows on the dunes in Drâa Valley, Morocco December 2007

Juergen Freund / Looking up through the fronds of Licuala fan palms {Licuala ramsayi} endemic to the tropical rainforest of North Queensland, Daintree NP, Australia

Juergen Freund / Looking up through the fronds of Licuala fan palms {Licuala ramsayi} endemic to the tropical rainforest of North Queensland, Daintree NP, Australia

Jose B. Ruiz / Canary island date palm {Phoenix canariensis} La Gomera, Canary islands

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Moriche palm trees {Mauritia flexuosa} beside Sandoval Lake, Madre de Dios, Peru

Gerry Ellis / Palm trees growing out of sand in oasis, Oasis Dakhia, Sahara Desert, Egypt

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

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

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) pair using rock and anvil to crack open Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nuts, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using a rock to crack open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using a rock to crack open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) cracking open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut to drink the milk, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) trees silhouetted at sunrise, St Vincent Island, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) walking along palm frond, Amazon, Brazil

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

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

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

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

Tui De Roy / Palm trees and water flowing on beach on Palmyra Atoll, a wet, equatorial atoll with fringing reefs, native forests and abundant seabirds, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Piotr Naskrecki / Palm tree aerial roots in rainforest, Suriname

Jabruson / Coconut palm fruit (Cocos nucifera) growth over African village. Sette Cama, near Loango National Park, Gabon, February 2009

Tim Fitzharris / Cabbage Palm (Sabal sp) trees and moon, Myakka River State Park, Florida

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

Tim Fitzharris / Palm trees along Refugio State Beach, California

Tim Fitzharris / Gull (Larus sp) flock taking flight, Refugio State Beach, California

Tim Fitzharris / Cabbage Palm (Sabal sp) in wetland, Fakahatchee State Preserve, Florida

Tim Fitzharris / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) pair in oasis, Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Christophe Courteau / Makalani / Real fan palm trees {Hyphaene petersiana}. Rainy season Okavango delta, Botswana. Large

Will Watson / Sunset in the cloud forest, with silhoutte of palm leave (Attalea sp.), Jama Coaque Ecological Reserve, Manabi Province, Ecuador. February 2012.

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

Hiroya Minakuchi / Vegetation on rainforest floor, Danum Valley, Malaysia

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

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

Roland Seitre / Motacu Palm (Attalea phalerata) roosting site for the critically endangered Blue throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis), leaves cut by macaws, Estancia Tacuaral, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia, July...

Martin Willis / Green Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis) female with palm fruit, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Ernie Janes / Harvested Coconuts (Cocos nucifera) with hand tool, Thailand

Hiroya Minakuchi / Palm leaves in rainforest, Costa Rica

Kevin Schafer / Dominican Treefrog (Osteopilus dominicensis) emerging from palm hole, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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.

Chien Lee / Lontar Palm (Borassus flabellifer) group in seasonally dry savanna, Rinca Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Lontar Palm (Borassus flabellifer) group in seasonally dry savanna, Rinca Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Simon Colmer / African Oil palm leaves (Elaeis guineensis)

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

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the leaves of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the leaves of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the canopy of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

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

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

Kevin Schafer / Hunter smoking out cuscus possum in rainforest palm, central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Kevin Schafer / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) harvest, central Sulawesi, Indonesia

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

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

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

Kevin Schafer / View up thorugh Licuala Fan palms (Licuala ramsayi) Licuala State Forest, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, December

Piotr Naskrecki / Palm forest interior, Surinam

Christian Ziegler / Fan Palm (Licuala sp) in rainforest, Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Christian Ziegler / Walking Palm (Socratea exorrhiza) stilt roots in rainforest, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Pete Oxford / Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) forest, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Palm Frond detail. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Palm Frond detail. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) in storm. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, November 2009.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera) on shoreline. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) growing from a seed on a beach. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

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 / Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera) on shoreline. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) with ripening seeds. Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Ernie Janes / Date Palms and the Atlas Mountains in the far distance. Skoura Oasis, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

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