The shark traveled over 4,000 miles since it was first tagged in January 2025. See where Contender last surfaced.

Contender, the largest male great white shark ever tagged by OCEARCH, surfaced several miles off the Jersey Shore.

The biggest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic is on the move – and has surfaced just off the coast of New Jersey. Contender, a 14ft predator, was tagged in the North Atlantic by OCEARCH ...

NEW JERSEY -- A massive great white shark has been recorded swimming off the New Jersey shore. The shark is named Ironbound, after the West Ironbound Island near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where it was ...

The white shark is most likely on the move back down to Florida where waters are warmer and there are more food sources, but ...

The largest great white shark tagged, sampled and released by OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that studies sharks, sent in a "rare ping" for the first time since July. Researchers at OCEARCH ...

Great white sharks have long stood in our collective imagination as the ultimate predator in our oceans. These sizable sharks ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — What started off as a normal shark fishing day ended with a historic catch. Local fisherman Joe Gonzales ventured out on Friday with friends and family to ...