India, July 25 -- A great white shark the size of a small car just checked in off Massachusetts. OCEARCH says the adult male - nicknamed Contender - weighs 1,653 pounds and stretches nearly 14 feet, making him "the largest white shark ever tagged in the western North Atlantic Ocean." The latest solid ping hit on Friday, July 18, roughly 50 miles east of Nantucket between Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank, CBS reported. There was a blip on Thursday, July 24, but he did not stay up long enough to fix a clean position. The group calls him "a true ocean giant."

Researchers tagged Contender in January 2025 off Georgia, grabbed their samples, and let him go. He cruised south to Florida, then looped up the coast past the Outer Banks. By early J...