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

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A great white shark weighing over 1,400 pounds is lurking off the North Carolina coast.

The 14ft great white shark, which weighs a whopping 1,653 pounds, was recently pinged on August 2, meaning "Contender" spent ...

A marine research nonprofit say they have spotted their largest ever shark just off the coast of Nantucket. The massive cartilaginous fish—nicknamed “Contender” for its 13 feet, 9 inches and more than ...

The largest great white shark tagged by a marine research group in the Atlantic Ocean resurfaced off the coast of Massachusetts this week.

A record-breaking great white shark was spotted swimming off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. on July 18. The shark, named ...

January 17, 2025, researchers captured and tagged a massive great white shark about 45 miles off the coast of the Florida-Georgia border. The shark, dubbed Contender, might be the largest male ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (WNCN) – One of the largest great white sharks that researchers have ever documented in the Atlantic is swimming its way to a popular vacation spot. Scientists keep tabs on ...

Contender, the 14ft male shark, was recently pinged on July 18 around 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and ...

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – The biggest adult, male great white shark to ever be recorded in the Atlantic Ocean was recently pinged off the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Contender is ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (WNCN) — One of the largest great white sharks that researchers have ever documented in the Atlantic is swimming its way to a popular vacation spot. Scientists keep tabs on ...