Dr Harley Newton, Chief Scientist and Veterinarian for OCEARCH, has spent her career studying sharks, including Contender, the largest great white ever tagged by researchers in the Atlantic Ocean ...

Dr Harley Newton, chief scientist and veterinarian for OCEARCH, from Jacksonville, Florida, has dedicated her career to ...

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Contender, the great white shark, is tagged by researchers at OCEARCH in January 2025. OCEARCH / SWNS The beast appears to have made a dart for the north over the last few weeks.

Contender, a nearly 14-foot long adult great white male shark, was first tagged by OCEARCH in January 2025. He was first spotted off the coast of Georgia, then spent time near Florida.

OCEARCH is an international non-profit organization dedicated to marine animal research and education with a focus on sharks. They have reportedly led 48 expeditions and tagged 446 animals.

The largest male white shark ever caught, tagged and released is approaching Florida's east coast, near Jacksonville. Contender, a 13.8-foot, 1,653 pound adult shark, was tagged on Jan. 17 in the ...

A 13-foot, 4-inch great white shark fitted with a satellite tag vanished off tracking for 10 months, then reappeared 1,000 miles north, OCEARCH reports.

There have been a number of other reports of shark incidents in recent days – including a nine-year-old girl nearly had her hand bitten off near Boca Grande, Florida.