While Contender is the largest male caught and tagged along the East Coast by OCEARCH, it tagged a bigger female white shark ...

Contender, a male great white shark measuring nearly 14 feet long, is the largest ever tagged and studied among the Northwest Atlantic white shark population, according to researchers.

Researchers last month caught and released the largest male white shark that they've ever tagged in the Atlantic Ocean, and ...

OCEARCH invites shark enthusiasts to track Contender’s travels in real-time on the nonprofit’s mobile app. According to the nonprofit’s website, OCEARCH has tagged 442 animals on 48 expeditions.

The shark, named Contender, was captured 45 miles off the Florida/Georgia state line and was 13.8 feet long and 1,652.8 pounds, OCEARCH says. Facebook screengrab A shark research expedition off ...