A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies.

Volunteer divers had the astonishing encounter while retrieving abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck.

The footage is believed to be the first ever captured of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea in his natural habitat.

Healthy Seas is calling on governments and the fishing industry to reduce the number of nets being abandoned

Three divers, including Derk Remmers, spotted the predator while working on a mission to remove abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily, between Italy and…

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Divers removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily were stunned when a massive great white shark appeared at a depth of 40 meters, prompting one diver…

Great white sharks are classified as "critically endangered" in the Mediterranean Sea, and underwater sightings are incredibly rare.

The surprise encounter – believed to be the first-ever adult great white filmed underwater in the region – occurred as a team removed abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck near…

Divers captured underwater footage of the shark in the Mediterranean for the first time recently off the coast of Sicily, Italy.

Divers captured underwater footage of a Great White Shark in the Mediterranean for the first time off the coast of Sicily, Italy.

The world's shark attack hotspots have been revealed, after a great white shark was spotted in the Mediterranean Sea.

Incontri filmati da subacquei non erano mai stati documentati prima e l'avvistamento nel Canale di Sicilia offre la possibilità di ricavare preziose informazioni per le strategie…

More than 132 feet below sea level, a diver was removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea when he had an encounter that would be the stuff of many…

A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies.