Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June 1990

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Lava flow in the "Valley del Bove" the Eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Old cone in the "Valley del Bove" the eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Fumaroles on the South East crater of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano with snow, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

David Tipling / X-ray of Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) illegally shot by hunter, xray shows shot lodged in bird and fractured wing. Bird sent to Sicily for rehabilitation. During BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp,...

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo, held in hands of volunteer for Birdlife Malta, bird to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sic...

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo held in hand of Birdlife Malta Volunteer, to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily. BirdLif...

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo, recovered by BirdLife Malta to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily. BirdLife Malta Sprin...

David Noton / View across the sea towards Cefalu, Sicily, Italy

Jeff Rotman / Mr. Castiglione, owner of processing plant for Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) with a 320 kilo giant bluefin tuna caught using the traditional mattanza technique being displayed at a processing plant....

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver discovers Roman Amphora on sea floor. Ustica Island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver discovers Roman Amphora on sea floor. Ustica Island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Roman Amphora on sea floor, Ustica Island, Italy, Mediterranean Sea

Bruno D'Amicis / Volcanic dry stone walls with Caper (Capparis spinosa) and Indian-fig Opuntia (Opuntia ficus-indica). Linosa Island, Sicily, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Linosa, island of Sicily. View from the sea of the northern coast, with igneous rocks and ancient observation tower on the highest mountain. Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist Jacopo Cecere and a volounteer temporarily mark an adult Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) on the island of Linosa, Sicily. Marine Important Bird Areas...

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Island of Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Linosa island's subspecies of the Filfola Lizard or Maltese Wall Lizard (Podarcis filfolensis ssp. laurentimulleri) on volcanic rock. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Linosa, island of Sicily. View of the volcano "Monte Nero", famous for its five colours at sunset. Italy, July 2008.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) in flower. Island of Linosa, Sicily, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist taking bill measures of a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the island of Linosa, Sicily. Marine Important Bird Areas project...

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult flying above sea surface. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Island of Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) close-up of the bill with tubenose. Island of Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Linosa island's subspecies of the Maltese Wall Lizard (Podarcis filfolensis / lilfordi ssp. laurentimulleri) on volcanic rock. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / A GPS transmitter is applied by LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologists on the back of an adult Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the Island of Linosa, Sicily. Mari...

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) taking off from sea surface. Island of Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus tiligugu/linosae) basking on rock. Dark morph/subspecies of Linosa island. Sicily, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) flying above the sea. Island of Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) adult with chick in nest burrow among volcanic rocks. Linosa, Sicily, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist Jacopo Cecere catching a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the island of Linosa, Sicily to apply a GPS transmitter. Marine Im...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Love-in-a-mist / Wild fennel (Nigella arvensis) a bicoloured flower population in Sicily, Italy

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Old cone in the "Valley del Bove" the eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Lava flow in the "Valley del Bove" the Eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Old lava flow on the eastern side of Mount Etna volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Old Cones in the "Valley del Bove" the eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Western side of Mount Etna volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / North side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Jeff Rotman / Giant Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) schooling. Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.

David Noton / Scopello, nr Reserva Naturale dello Zingaro, North West Coast, Sicily, Italy

David Noton / Coast on the Reserva Naturale dello Zingaro, North West Coast, Sicily, Italy

David Noton / Scopello, nr Reserva Naturale dello Zingaro, North West Coast, Sicily, Italy

David Noton / Coast on the Reserva Naturale dello Zingaro, North West Coast, Sicily, Italy

Jean E. Roche / Boats harboured in Acireale port, Sicily, Italy

Dietmar Nill / Balkan green lizard {Lacerta trilineata} Sicily

Dietmar Nill / Balkan green lizard {Lacerta trilineata} Sicily

Jeff Rotman / Dead Great white shark caught in tuna fishing net off Sicily, Mediterranean. 5.5 metres long

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Starfish (Coscinasterias tenuispina) regenerates lost arms, Italy,

Dietmar Nill / Sicilian wall lizard sunning {Podarcis wagleriana} Sicily, Italy

Gavin Hellier / Beach and Cathedral, Cefalu, North coast of Sicily, Italy

Gavin Hellier / Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples), Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Gavin Hellier / Teatro Greco (Greek Amphitheatre} Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Angelo Giampiccolo / Boat on the horizon beneath a dark, low cloud in winter. Ragusa, on the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Mediterranean sea glitters beneath a dark, low cloud in the winter. Ragusa, on the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Dark winter clouds and blue sky, Sicily.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Mediterranean sea glitters beneath a dark, low cloud in the winter. Ragusa, on the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Mediterranean sea glitters beneath a dark, low cloud in the winter. Ragusa, on the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Looking down on the bay of Mondello, Palermo's waterfront suburb, Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Ragusa Ibla, the old part of Ragusa town. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major tourist attraction in Sicily, becau...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bay of Mondello, Palermo's waterfront suburb, Sicily, a popular beach resort.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Portopalo di Capopassero (Siracusa) with the island of Capo Passero, the most southern point of italian peninsula, in the background, Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Sicily's capital Palermo, as viewed from Utveggio Castle (also known as Cerisdi). The castle sits on Monte Pellegrino and looks over the town and to the mountains.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Ragusa Ibla, the old part of Ragusa town. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major tourist attraction in Sicily, becau...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Saint decorating a building in the old town of Ragusa, known as Ragusa Ibla. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Port and town of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, with mountains in the distance.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bay of Mondello, Palermo's waterfront suburb, Sicily. Mondello is a popular beach resort.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Ragusa Ibla, the old part of Ragusa town. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major tourist attraction in Sicily, becau...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Villa Romana del Casale, located about 5km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. It is the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world. The Villa Romana del...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Cava D'Ispica (Ispica caves), Siracusa, Sicily. Situated between the towns of Ispica and Modica, this great fissure is about 13km Iong. It is stacked with abandoned troglodyte dwellings, small sanctua...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Interior of Monreale Cathedral (officially Santa Maria la Nuova), Sicily, formed from a fusion of artistic styles. ^^^The Normans conquered Sicily from about 1061 to 1091. This cathedral was built at...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Statue of the Madonna at the entrance of Messina Port, Sicily. The statue is called La Madonna della Lettera (Our Lady of the Letter), the patron saint of the city. She stands six metres high and carr...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Fishing boats moored in the Sicilian town of Sciacca, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Sculpted stone heads in the garden at Castello Incantato (Enchanted Castle) in Sciacca, Sicily, Italy. The sculptures are the work of Filippo Bentivegna or "Filippu delli Testi" (of the heads), as he...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Sicilian coast, from Sciacca, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Looking up at the Cathedral of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Portopalo di Capopassero (Siracusa) with the island of Capo Passero, the most southern point of italian peninsula in the background, Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Winter storm forming off the south east coast of Sicily (Ragusa).

Angelo Giampiccolo / Port and town of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, with mountains in the distance.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Ragusa Ibla, the old part of Ragusa town. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major tourist attraction in Sicily, becau...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Storm clouds approaching over the Mediterranean Sea, Ragusa, on the southeast coast of Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Ragusa Ibla, the old part of Ragusa town. The word "Ibla " comes from "monti Iblei", which are the mountains around Ragusa, Italy. ^^^Ragusa Ibla has become a major tourist attraction in Sicily, becau...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Starfish (Astropecten sp.) on coral off Capo Taormina (Catania), Sicily.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Bay of Mondello, Palermo's waterfront suburb, Sicily, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Port and the marina of Sicily's capital, Palermo, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / An aerial view of the magnificent Baroque cathedral of St George (Basilica di San Giorgio) in Modica, Sicily.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Fountain in Piazza Pretoria, Palermo, Sicily, illuminated at night.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Fortess of the ancient town of Erice (Eryce, Eryx), in the northwest corner Sicily, Italy. ^^^The town has two castles: Pepoli and Venus, dating from Saracen times and Norman times respectively. There...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Woman painstakingly restoring mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. The Villa Romana del Casale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has the richest, largest and most...