Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation Sahel, Niger.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Millet plantation, Guera Mountains, southern Chad. September 2019.

David Fleetham / Reef scene with Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) and schooling Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Schooling milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) endemic. Hawaii.

Dimitris Poursanidis / Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) female and three striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim above little neptune seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa), Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, G...

Dimitris Poursanidis / A school of striped red mullet or surmullet (Mullus surmuletus) swim over seagrass meadow, Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Pascal Kobeh / Striped / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) looking for food with its chin barbels out, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Red stripped mullet (Mullus surmuletus) foraging, Azores, Atlantic ocean.

Will Watson / Proso / Red millet (Panicum miliaceum) in field as a cover crop for game and wild birds, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK. September.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Millet cowrie (Erosaria miliaris) Sharp Island or Kiu Tsui Chau, Kiu Tsui Country Park, Hong Kong, China.

Philippe Clement / Proso millet / broomcorn millet / common millet / broomtail millet (Panicum miliaceum) in summer, Belgium, July.

Pete Oxford / Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pete Oxford / Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Uttar Pradesh, India.

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmer holding millet (Panicum miliaceum) grains during threshing, with cattle in the background. Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia, December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmers with cattle grazing on harvested Millet, (Panicum miliaceum) Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia, December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Amhara farmer holding millet (Panicum miliaceum) grains. Jimba, Bahir Dar. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia December 2013.

Andy Trowbridge / Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding on Millet grain / seed head. Southern Norway. December.

Andy Trowbridge / Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding on Millet grain / seed head. Southern Norway. December.

Andy Trowbridge / RF- Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding on Millet grain / seed head. Southern Norway. December. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / Drying crop of millet in courtyard of house, Ghandruk, Modi Khola Valley, Himalayas, Nepal. November 2014.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) standing as it dehusks and feeds on millet from a seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) foraging on a Millet seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Juvenile and adult Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) foraging on millet from a seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Young Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) feeding on a Millet seed spray within a breeding cage, being reared for a reintroduction project, Lifton, Devon, UK, May.

Pascal Kobeh / Striped / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) looking for food with a chin barbel out, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Sam Hobson / Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni), female. Endemic. Millet, Saint Lucia.

Sue Daly / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Sue Daly / Close-up of a Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Sue Daly / Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) using its feelers to detect food, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, October.

Philippe Clement / Switchgrass / Tall panic grass / Blackbent (Panicum virgatum), native to North America, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, May

Simon Colmer / Wild finger millet (Eleusine indica) also known as Indian goosegrass, Wiregrass, Crowfootgrass, A Medicinal plant used in Uganda to cure stomach ache and chicken pox

Nick Upton / Aerial view of game cover copses and standing crops, probably of White millet (Panicum miliaceum) and curving shooting rides, near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK, January 2011.

Pete Oxford / Millet (Crenicichla alta) in permanant freshwater pond, savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon villagers breaking up soil before planting crop of millet in the village of Tireli. Mali, W.Africa, 1981.

Bernard Castelein / Woman in field, harvesting millet using traditional methods, Helambu region, Nepal, November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman with scythe, working in fields to harvest millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman with scythe, working in fields to harvest millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Woman working in fields harvesting millet. Tamang ethnic group, Tamang heritage trail, Thuman, Langtang region, Nepal. November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Aerial view of Chortens / Stupa (Buddhist sites) in millet fields, Tamang heritage trail, Gadlang, Langtang region, Nepal, November 2009

Bernard Castelein / Aerial view of Stupa / Chortens (Buddhist sites) in millet fields, Tamang heritage trail, Gadlang, Langtang region, Nepal, November 2009

Simon Colmer / Smilo grass / Many Flowered Millet (Piptatherum miliaceum), a perennial mountain rice native to the Mediterranean and introduced into North America.

Nature Production / Broomcorn Millet / Proso {Panicum miliaceum} Tokyo, Japan

Philippe Clement / Millet {Panicum miliaceum} Belgium

Christophe Courteau / Harvested millet stowage at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / Harvesting millet at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.