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

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 coastal island covered with coconut palms, San Blas islands, Panama, Caribbean Sea

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

Norbert Wu / Granite Island and Coconut Palms, unique idyllic islands, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms, beach and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

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

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

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

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

Sue Flood / Coconut palms blowing in wind, Raiatea, Tahiti, South Pacific 2010

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

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sea Grape bushes (Coccoloba uvifera) and Coconut Palms in Carnaveral Beach, Tayrona National Natural Park, municipality of Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia.

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 / 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.

Juergen Freund / Leaning Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) at sunset. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.

Alan Watson / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) on beach, Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia, October 2007

Martin Gabriel / Coconuts on Coconut plam tree (Cocos nucifera) Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Martin Gabriel / Coconuts on Coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera), Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Tim Martin / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), sea and tropical beach seen through window. Caribbean, Mexico.

Juergen Freund / Man making basket from coconut leaves, Tonga, Melanesia, 2007

Michele Westmorland / Young women in traditional dress preparing meal for tourist demonstration, Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Man demonstrating coconut meat harvesting for tourists, Rano Island, Vanuatu May 2008

Francis Abbott / Coconut palms growing on Phuket island, Thailand.

Francis Abbott / Coconut palms growing on Phuket island, Thailand.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Coconuts on palm (Cocos nucifera), Bangandaram, India

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Coconuts on palm (Cocos nucifera), Bangandaram, India

Tim Laman / Casaurina trees, coconut palms and other vegetation line a beach in Palau, Micronesia. December 2001.

Tim Laman / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) plantation, Ua Huka Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Tim Laman / Coastal landscape with beach,Coconut Palms and forest, Yaduataba Island, Fiji. A small uninhabited island that is the last stronghold for the endangered Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis).

Tim Laman / Beach with lava rocks and coconut palms in Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / View of Anaho Bay, with Coconut palm plantation in lowlands and Pandanus plants in foreground. Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Tim Laman / Coconut palm seedling (Cocos nucifera) germinating in sand on the beach, Turtle Islands, Sabah, Malaysia.

John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Coconut {Cocos nucifera} washed ashore on North Uist, Scotland

John Downer / Low-angle shot up through the canopy of Coconut palms {Cocos nucifera}, Thailand

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} blue form, climbing down Coconut palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles

Nature Production / Coconut palm nut {Cocos nucifera} germinating on beach after being washed ashore

Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

Phil Chapman / Coconut Palms and coral lagoon. Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

Philippe Clement / Coconuts on Coconut palm tree {Cocos nucifera}, Manuel Antonio NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconuts on Coconut palm tree {Cocos nucifera}, Manuel Antonio NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconuts on Coconut palm tree {Cocos nucifera}, Manuel Antonio NP, Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Coconut palms on beach, tropical island of Belize, summer 1997

Pete Oxford / Coconut palms atop granite rock outcrops, Saint Pierre Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

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

Mike Potts / Solitary coconut palm tree on beach, Maria la Gorda, Guanhacabebes, W Cuba

Norbert Wu / Granite Island and Coconut Palms, unique idyllic islands, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Adam White / Coco de Mer palm tree nut {Lodoicea maldivica} Vallee de Mai, Seychelles

John Downer / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Bahamas

Pete Oxford / Coconut palm trees and granite outcrop, Sourse d'Argent beach, Las Digue, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Nigel Bean / Coconut Palms {Cocos nucifera} at Pigeon Point. Tobago.

Nigel Bean / Coconut Palms {Cocos nucifera} Pigeon Point. Tobago.

Nigel Bean / Coconut Palms {Cocos nucifera} Pigeon Point. Tobago.

John Downer / Coconut palm tree {Cocos nucifera} Bahamas, Caribbean

Barry Bland / A local man climbing a palm tree to collect coconuts, Caribbean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Coconut crab / Robber crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth, Sulawesi, Indonesia. ^^^Very powerful with vastly strong pincers, it climbs trees and eat coconuts. Considered a...

Nick Upton / Water taro (Colocasa esculenta) paddy fields, Betel nut (Areca catechu) and Coconut (Cocos nucifera) palms on coastal fringe of Orchid Island, Taiwan