Giant Great White Shark Caught off U.S. Coast Stuns Scientists

In January 2025, an Ocearch research team encountered a marine giant unlike any they’d seen before. Roughly 70 kilometers off the coast between Georgia and Florida, they captured a massive male great white shark. Nicknamed “The Challenger”, this formidable creature measured 4.2 meters in length and weighed a staggering 750 kilograms — well beyond the typical size range for male great whites. “Male white sharks usually mature around age 26 and grow to about 3.5 meters. Finding one this large is extremely rare,”