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

Jack Dykinga / Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) of the Mojave Desert at dawn encircled with flowering lupines. (Lupinus sp,) Mohave County, Castaneda Wash, Arizona, USA.

Jurgen Freund / Firefly (Lampyridae) trails on beach at night, Palm tree silhouetted against milky way. Oak Beach, Port Douglas, Far North Queensland, Australia. 2016.

Sylvain Cordier / Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) squabbling on palm tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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...

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.

Jabruson Motion / Chainsaw operator cutting down African oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis) in a plantation within the Protected Area of the Leuseur Ecosystem, part of a programme of habitat restoration, Tenggulun, Aceh Tam...

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

Klein & Hubert / Wild donkey / Burro jenny near Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia), Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA.

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.

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

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

Konrad Wothe / Tuaregs under date Palm at Mandara Lakes, oasis Um el Ma, Libyan desert, Libya, Sahara, North Africa, December 2007. No release available.

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

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

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

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

Jurgen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.

Jurgen 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...

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

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.

Jurgen 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

Jurgen 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

Jurgen 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 / View up through Palm trees in swamp forest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Angelo Gandolfi / Aerial view of people kayaking on the river Megalos Potamos, between the endemic Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) Crete, Greece

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

Tim Laman / Dog walking along bridge walkway, and homes in Waifoy Village, Mayalibit Bay, Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

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

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...

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / The palm beach in Vai, Crete, Greece, April 2009