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28 August 2026

"People keep asking me if it's AI. That's not an insult though, because it just doesn't seem real": photographer captures threatened species that wins Australia's most ...

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"People keep asking me if it's AI. That's not an insult though, because it just doesn't seem real": photographer captures threatened species that wins Australia's most ...

Photographer's incredible aerial encounter with a critically endangered green sawfish and turtle in Western Australia almost didn't happen – his drone was 2. 5km offshore with its battery warning beepi ...

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