In the owl world, you"re either a member of the Strigidae or Tytonidae. That might sound like two warring houses from "Game of Thrones," but these are the two families of classification that make up the 200+ species of owls around the world. The Tytonidae family includes barn owls, which have distinct heart-shaped facial disks, while the larger Strigidae family consists of true (or typical) owls, most of which have round faces.
Eurasian scops owl
Today in History
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Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
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Fallen but not forgotten
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World Space Week begins
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2026 Winter Olympics
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World Elephant Day
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High above the reef
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Diwali lights in Guwahati, India
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Wheels up in Beijing
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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World Rivers Day
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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An unlikely friendship in the wild
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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The crossroads of empires
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Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
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Arbor Day
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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Space-age style by the sea
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
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Champaka Sarasi, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
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