The shark traveled over 4,000 miles since it was first tagged in January 2025. See where Contender last surfaced.

This one was near Southern Australia. Just before 5:00 p.m. on June 7 of this year, Contender was hanging out off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Contender is a great white shark-and not ...

One of the scientists involved in tracking Contender – the biggest great white shark ever recorded by researchers in the Atlantic – has revealed how to escape a close encounter. Contender, the 14-foot ...

Contender, the largest male great white shark ever tagged by OCEARCH, surfaced several miles off the Jersey Shore.

New maps show a large number of shark sightings last weekend in the US. Last weekend was one of the busiest in terms of shark traffic off the East Coast of the US, particularly in Massachusetts, where ...

There are sharks in the water, but where? Local researchers are tagging and tracking great whites off the New Hampshire coast.“I grew up in these waters, and we didn't really worry about great white ...

Whether it’s a result of widespread media, iconic films, or viral videos, people have always had a healthy fear of shark attacks. Granted, meeting a massive great white shark underwater may seem like ...

The largest great white shark tagged by researchers in the Atlantic has surfaced near North Carolina on a swim to northern waters. Contender the shark was first SPOT tagged off the coast of Florida on ...