Stingray kills famed 'Crocodile Hunter'
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Steve Irwin died doing what he loved best, getting too close to one of the dangerous animals he dedicated his life to protecting with an irrepressible, effervescent personality that propelled him to global fame as television's "Crocodile Hunter."
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Terri Irwin, the widow of TV "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, announces that a whale watching program she started in honor of her late husband will expand into scientific research in 2008. She hopes the non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters will show Japan's scientific whale kill is a sham.
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By LYNNE KELLEHER  HUNDREDS of the species of stingray that killed Australian wildlife star Steve Irwin have arrived at Irish beaches over the past two years, according to one of the country's marine experts.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin's manager John Stainton described the footage of his friend dying as "terrible," according to The Associated Press.
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Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian   naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray   barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's   northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
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Fatally injured by a stingray,   Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated   barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying,   the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
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By DENNIS PASSA BEERWAH, Australia - &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin was remembered Wednesday for his &quot;great zest for life&quot; at a public memorial service for the beloved conservationist and entertainer.
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'Revenge attacks' suspected in 10 ray deaths Stingrays found dead on two Queensland beaches may have been the victims of "revenge attacks" for the Crocodile Hunter's untimely death, the BBC reports.â¦
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Fatally injured by a   stingray, Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its   serrated barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and   dying, the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
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A coronial inquest begins today into a fatal crocodile attack on a German tourist in Kakadu National Park more than 18 months ago.
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Australians paid tribute on Tuesday to the life of environmentalist and television &quot;crocodile hunter&quot; Steve Irwin, a year after his death from a stingray barb while filming.
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Conservationists mourned the death of Australia's flamboyant "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Monday, and one suggested that TV's demands for sensation had pushed him to be too daring.
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BEERWAH, Australia  - A khaki-clad choir,   Hollywood stars and thousands of ordinary Australians bid   farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial   service for the TV naturalist at his "Crocoseum" on Wednesday.
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A year after Steve Irwin's death, Animal Planet is airing a weeklong celebration of the exuberant "Crocodile Hunter" whose forays among wildlife were a staple of the channel.
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Comments by academic Germaine Greer on the death of wildlife TV star Steve Irwin have triggered a storm of anger. Greer, best known for her feminist book "The Female Eunuch," said Wednesday Irwin was an "embarrassment" and a "self-deluded animal torturer."
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Steve Irwin's father said on Wednesday   he lost his best mate when the TV naturalist known as the   "Crocodile Hunter" died in a freak diving accident, adding that   his son would hate the fuss of a state funeral.
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A private funeral service was held for   Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin on Saturday and he will be   buried at his family's zoo in the northern state of Queensland,   local media reported.