Great white sharks are among the most powerful predators in the ocean, and some of the largest ever recorded have been ...

Deep Blue became the most famous great white shark on the planet after jaw-dropping footage of her surfaced in 2015, with claims she measured over 20 feet long. But how big is she really? In this ...

Contender, the largest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic, has surfaced off North Carolina's coast ...

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 ...

A massive beast is stalking the Atlantic Ocean. Contender, a great white shark clocking in at 14-foot and 1,653 pounds, was recently pinged by non-profit shark tracking organization OCEARCH off the ...

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You probably wouldn't want to get close to the live version of the prehistoric shark that's part of a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh ...