A ping means the Smart Position and Temperature Transmitting Tag (SPOT) attached to the shark’s dorsal fin moved above the water's surface and sent location information to the OCEARCH shark tracker.

A 9-foot, 11-inch great white shark, tagged by OCEARCH, had not sent location pings in over a year. The shark, named Ormond, suddenly and repeatedly pinged off Florida's Panhandle this week.

Contender is the biggest male great white shark ever tagged by the nonprofit research group OCEARCH. It's not candy or flowers, but a massive 1,653-pound great white shark showed some love for ...

"Contender" is the largest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH scientists. Great white sharks migrate south to Florida during the winter months in search of warmer waters and food. OCEARCH ...

"Contender is the largest male white shark the OCEARCH team has sampled, tagged, released and studied to date in the NW Atlantic white shark population! So he's pretty special," OCEARCH Chief ...

A research group has tracked a large great white shark off the coast of Georgia and Florida. OCEARCH reports the shark, named Contender, pinged 45 miles offshore on January 17. The male white ...

This shark, named Contender, was captured 45 miles off the Florida-Georgia state line and was 13.8 feet long and 1,653 pounds, OCEARCH says. Facebook screengrab Two great white sharks tagged Jan ...

Researchers at the Ocearch foundation have been monitoring its movements, which have sparked concerns in popular tourist areas along the East Coast. Currently swimming in Florida waters ...