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

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

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

A white shark named Ripple was the first of the winter migration season to be tracked in Florida waters. Ripple, an 11-foot male shark, traveled 1,700 miles from Nova Scotia to Florida in 25 days.

Polar plungers, beware! A 14-foot-long great white shark neared the Atlantic City shores Tuesday, according to the research group OCEARCH. Nicknamed “Contender,” he is the largest male great white ...

An OCEARCH researcher works to pull in a great white shark along the East Coast before fitting it with an tracking tag. OCEARCH Facebook video screengrab The annual great white shark migration has ...

The largest male great white shark ever recorded has turned up in a very unusual location after being tagged in Florida earlier this year. Nicknamed "Contender", the enormous predator was found ...

Two enormous great white sharks were tagged recently off Point Conception, Ca., allowing scientists and the public to follow their movements. According to Michael Domeier of the Marine Conservation ...

Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCEARCH, the global leader in ocean research and shark conservation, has released an update on Contender — the largest male white shark ever tagged, ...