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On June 20, 1975, "Jaws" hit theaters, terrifying audiences around the world. Now, half a century later, OCEARCH is attempting to set the record straight.
The 14ft great white shark, which weighs a whopping 1,653 pounds, was recently pinged on August 2, meaning "Contender" spent ...
Contender is pretty big for a male, sure. But in great white shark size contests, it's the females who take the cake.
A record-breaking great white shark was spotted swimming off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. on July 18. The shark, named ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A great white shark weighing over 1,400 pounds is lurking off the North Carolina coast.
The largest great white shark ever recorded was tagged in January 2025. Since then, researchers have been monitoring ...
A white shark named “Contender" measures an impressive 13 feet, 9 inches long and weighs 1,653 pounds. Here's where he was ...
Contender, the 14ft male shark, was recently pinged on July 18 around 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and has travelled a staggering 2,433 miles since January ...
But Ocearch founder and expedition leader Chris Fischer believes the heightened fear is "statistically irrational." "I mean, you're talking about a handful of people - six people or so a year ...
Why are more and more great white sharks appearing off the NC coast? Come along with OCEARCH, a research organization that fits satellite tracking devices onto sharks to track their movements and ...
Ocearch founder Chris Fischer was given the title of explorer-in-residence. As part of the agreement, JU added Franks as a shark expert of its own.
OCEARCH tweeted the juvenile white shark was 10 feet long and weighed 460 pounds when she was tagged off North Carolina in March 2022. This is the farthest south Crystal has pinged.