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The White Sea (Russian: Бе́лое мо́ре, Finnish: Vienanmeri) is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast. The important port of Arkhangelsk is located on the White Sea. For much of Russia's history this was Russia's main centre of international maritime trade, conducted by the so-called Pomors ("seaside settlers") from Kholmogory...

Italian fisherman Roberto Godi has caught a giant catfish. It is 8.2 feet (2.5 m) long and weighs about 250 lbs (115 kg). It took more than 45 minutes to get the fish out of the water and it was trying to throw the fisherman in the water. The catfish was released back into the lake after the weighing. Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish...

Ramygala, a Lithuanian village 150 kilometers from the capital Vilnius, hosted a weird beauty contest to crown the most beautiful goat. On July 5th, the inhabitants of Ramygala gathered on the outskirts of the village to watch the traditional goat beauty contest held to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the village, which is this year’s capital of Lithuanian culture. The goat has been the symbol of Ramygala ever since medieval times, and it’s still valued by the locals...

Camouflage is a method of crypsis (hiding). It allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain unnoticed, by blending with its environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes, the battledress of a modern soldier and a butterfly camouflaging itself as a leaf. The theory of camouflage covers the various strategies which are used to achieve this effect. In nature Cryptic coloration is the most common form of camouflage, found to some extent in the majority of species...