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

For many Bay Staters, Fourth of July weekend is synonymous with cookouts, fireworks, and trips to the beach to beat the heat. With that said, it’s important to stay shark smart, especially since many ...

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 ...

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

A 9 foot, 8 inch white shark recently pinged off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, and it wasn’t just any shark on the ...

OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer joins ChicagoLIVE to discuss the recent sighting of one of the largest great white sharks ever ...

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 ...

(WJW) – Scientists are now tracking a newly tagged white shark measuring an impressive 12 feet 10 inches in length and weighing approximately 1,429 lbs. According to OCEARCH, efforts to track Baker ...

A single sighting of a great white shark is enough to get most people out of the water. But six? That’s the stuff of nightmares (or movies). OCEARCH, an ocean data collection agency, has indicated ...

As OCEARCH wraps up its 2025 fieldwork in Atlantic Canada, new shark taggings and fresh pings from CONTENDER reveal critical insights into white shark migration, residency, and ocean health. WHITE ...