Binnur Ege Gürün Koçak / Anadolu / GettyAn owl is pictured at the Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Wild Animals Unit in Ankara, Turkey, on February 27, 2025. Thirty wild birds are being treated and rehabilitated by veterinarians and student volunteers at the facility.Chi Shiyong / VCG / GettyA snowy owl glides over the snow-blanketed grasslands at Hadatu Ranch on a cold day in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China, on December 22, 2025.Renhue / GettyA close view of the face of a buffy fish owlChristian Kosanetzky / ImageBroker / GettyA barn owl sits in an old barn window in East Westphalia, Germany.C. Kosanetzky / ImageBroker / GettyTwo young owls peer curiously from a hole in a wall in Lower Saxony, Germany.Alper Tuydes / Anadolu / GettyA crow harasses an owl in a rural area of Van, Turkey, on December 23, 2025.Tahreer Photography / GettyA close view an eagle owl’s eyeBob Karp / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA burrowing owl perches on the sands of Ipanema Beach in front of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Two Brothers Mountain, an uncommon but not unheard-of sight along the city’s coast, on July 4, 2025.Harry Collins / GettyA barred owl soars past a tree covered in Spanish moss.Slavek Ruta / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA snowy owl, raised by a falconer as part of a captive-breeding program, is pictured in its enclosure in Vysočina, Czech Republic, on October 22, 2025.Christopher Hall / GettyA great horned owl nests in the hollow of a tall saguaro cactus.Science Photo Library / ReutersA close view of the talons of a Eurasian eagle owlYasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / GettyAn Eurasian eagle owl looks on during a scientific exhibition at Kuwait University’s College of Science in Kuwait City on November 24, 2025.Volodymyr Kucherenko / GettyA Eurasian scops owl sits in a deep tree hollow and blends into its surroundings.Christopher Drost / Shift Digital / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA northern hawk owl perches while clutching a rodent near Innisfil, Ontario, Canada, on March 17, 2025. Commonly found in northern boreal forests, this non-migratory bird delighted wildlife photographers and nature enthusiasts with its rare appearance less than an hour north of Toronto.Scott Suriano / GettyA boreal owl tucks its wings as it soars past evergreen trees in Minnesota.Ondrej Prosicky / GettyAn austral pygmy owl perches on a tree in Torres del Paine, Chile.Bernd Wüstneck / DPA / GettyA bearded owl named Emilia settles on a snowman that keepers made for the birds in a bird park in Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, Germany, on January 9, 2026.Christian Kosanetzky / ImageBroker / GettyThree eagle owl chicks sit hidden near a tree in Lower Saxony, Germany.Nikpal / GettyA snowy owl hunts among the snowy plains of Saskatchewan, Canada.Ondrej Prosicky / GettyA pair of owls perch together in Bulgaria.Lindsey Wasson / APAn owl rests on a branch as the sun sets at Papago Park in Phoenix on February 25, 2025.Brittany Crossman / GettyA snowy owl peeks over a roof.Krzysztof Baranowski / GettyA Ryūkyū scops owl flies toward a photographer in Ishigaki, Japan.