Contender is pretty big for a male, sure. But in great white shark size contests, it's the females who take the cake.

A dramatic spike in the number of great white sharks has been detected in the waters off the US coast, as the largest ever ...

Video from OCEARCH shows Contender, a massive adult great white shark being tagged off the Florida/Georgia coast in January 2025. Contender is the largest recorded great white shark in the Atlantic.

Summer often brings an influx of great white sharks to the New England coast. Recently hammerhead sharks have entered the mix ...

At 13 feet, 9 inches, Contender has nearly two extra feet on the average, making him the largest known male white shark in the north Atlantic. He’s part of a growing data set collected by the ...

HATTERAS, N.C. — A massive great white shark is making waves off the Outer Banks coast. Meet Contender, the largest adult male ever recorded in the Atlantic. Contender is nearly 14 feet long and ...

Perhaps the big fish is visiting for the upcoming 50th birthday of 'Jaws,' the upcoming July 4 holiday, or it is just plain migrating north. Whatever the reason, the Atlantic Ocean's largest tagged ...

HATTERAS, N.C. — A massive great white shark is making waves off the Outer Banks coast. Meet Contender, the largest adult male ever recorded in the Atlantic. Contender is nearly 14 feet long and ...

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.

The 10-foot great white shark is known as Miss May and was tagged off the coast of Florida last year. Her movements are now tracked by OCEARCH, an ocean research organization.