In his daily ritual of setting up a little corner of the beach for his family across the street from the Lawa‘i Beach Resort, Robert Rupp of Ohio would spend his mornings looking for heavy rocks ...

It needs so much sunlight that it evolved to soar above competing canopy, its fronds stretching out like solar panels. See how else it has adapted to space, sand and sea.

Some have been found 5,000 km from their parent tree ... had reached a distant beach, it drops roots and, once again, is exactly where it needs to be. All in all, the coconut does such a good ...