Contender is a white shark who weighs in at 1,653 pounds. At 14 feet long, he is the largest male white shark ever tagged by ...

The largest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH scientists has surfaced again off the North Florida coast.

On Friday morning, he was swimming in waters off St. Augustine, according to online tracking provided by his tag. OCEARCH also said it had collected "important biological" samples from Contender ...

nicknamed Contender by the OCEARCH scientists who recently tagged it, pinged southeast of Jacksonville Beach twice on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 11:35 a.m. and 12:37 p.m. When the satellite tag affixed to ...

In a groundbreaking achievement for marine research, OCEARCH has tagged its largest male great white shark to date, named 'Contender,' off the Florida-Georgia border.

The satellite tag attached to the shark's dorsal fin by OCEARCH researchers surfaced and sent a ping with location information on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 9:55 a.m. According to OCEARCH Chief Marketing ...

“Contender is the largest male white shark ever caught, SPOT tagged, released and now studied in the NW Atlantic white shark population,” OCEARCH said in a Feb. 4 Facebook post. “The SPOT ...

The satellite tag attached to the shark's dorsal fin by OCEARCH researchers surfaced and sent a ping with location information on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 9:55 a.m. According to OCEARCH Chief Marketing ...

OCEARCH, a non-profit research organization, uses satellite tags attached to sharks' dorsal fins to track their movements. Data collected from tagged sharks like Contender helps researchers better ...