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.

Guy Edwardes / Brown tent-making bats (Uroderma magnirostrum) roosting under a palm leaf, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

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

Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

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...

Jabruson Motion / Conservation workers carrying a sedated Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) towards vehicles and a transport box, part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Suma...

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...

Nick Garbutt / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) foraging in palm savannah grasslands. Southern Pantanal, Moto Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. September.

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.

Doug Wechsler / Yellow-plumed parakeets (Leptosittaca branickii) at nest cavity in wax palm stump, Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, Ecuador.

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 / Barrel cacti (Ferocactus pilosus) and Ocotillo overlook Palm oasis at sunrise, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

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

Bence Mate / Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) perched with Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) and Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

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

Suzi Eszterhas / Hyacinth macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) eating palm nut. Pantanal, Brazil.

Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) adult male 'Frodo' aged 35 years portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

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.

Dong Lei / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) close up of paw showing sixth toe, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

Axel Gomille / Peacock (Pavo cristatus) on rock with Palm Squirrel (Funambulus sp) India.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Ben Cranke / Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) group grooming and feeding on palm nuts, Piaui, Brazil. July.

Ben Cranke / Black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock as a tool to break open palm nut, Parnaiba Headwaters National Park, Piaui, Brazil. August.

Ben Cranke / Black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock as a tool to break open palm nut Parnaiba Headwaters National Park, Piaui, Brazil. July.

Ben Cranke / Black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock as a tool to break open palm nut, Parnaiba Headwaters National Park, Piaui, Brazil. July.

Floris van Breugel / A lone palm tree at twilight off the coast of American Samoa. January 2012.

Mark MacEwen / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) sleeping at hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) on his hand, Dorset, UK, May 2013, Model released.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) calling, silhouetted against the sun, Pantanal, Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005

Jack Dykinga / Rain spattered inter-locking palm leaves create a design of pattern and colour in the tropical rainforest. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

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.

Sandesh Kadur / Female Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) stripping fibres from and feeding on Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) leaf fronds, Manas, Kokrajhar, Assam, India

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

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years using rocks as tools to crack open palm oil nuts, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzees female 'Jire' aged 52 and her daughter 'Joya' aged 6 years and son 'Jeje' aged 13 years feeding on palm oil fruits stored by villagers, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December...

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

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March