The cameraman with Steve Irwin at the time of his death has described how a stingray’s jagged barb pierced the Crocodile Hunter’s chest “like hot butter”.

An animal trainer has been badly hurt after being attacked by a tiger at a zoo in Australia.

The youngest Irwin is following in the TV hosting footsteps of late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin and big sister Bindi.

A Japanese whaling boat intentionally rammed two protests ships in waters near Antarctica today, according to an anti-whaling activist group.

COMEDY fans have a few chances left to see Jason Byrne’s live show before he goes to ground.

A conservationist group’s boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave today – a major setback in the group’s ongoing and sometimes violent battle with Japan’s whaling fleet, the activists said.

Liverpool defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos has earned himself a 12-month contract extension at Anfield.

Japan today cancelled the rest of its whale hunting season in Antarctic waters because of repeated harassment by Sea Shepherd activists at sea, after netting only a fifth of its targeted catch of 850 whales.

THE US talk show host Oprah Winfrey brought thousands of shrieking, jubilant fans to Sydney’s landmark arts centre to tape two star-studded shows for her final series.

Sydney swapped opera for Oprah today when the US talk show host brought thousands of shrieking, jubilant fans to the city's landmark arts centre to tape two star-studded shows for her final series.

The September 11 terrorist attacks, cloning and the Iraq war top a list of online news searches in the last 15 years, a new study shows.

Anti-whaling activists and Japanese whalers exchanged water cannon fire in the Antarctic Ocean as two boats tailed the whaling fleet in an attempt to prevent the killing of any whales.

A CONSERVATION group’s boat had its bow sheared off and was taking on water yesterday after it was struck by a Japanese whaling ship in the freezing waters of Antarctica, the group said.

Japanese whalers and militant conservationists clashed in the Antarctic Ocean over two days with weapons including water cannon, blinding lasers and bottles of rancid acid.

Canberra, Australia’s capital, has a problem – too many kangaroos.

An Indian wildlife centre is embroiled in a legal row over the use of legendary crocodile hunter Steve Irwin’s name in its title, it was reported today.

A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber after their boat collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in a dramatic Antarctic Ocean clash.

JAPANESE whalers blasted water from a cannon at conservationists who hurled bottles of rancid butter and paint during a clash in frigid Antarctic waters yesterday.

Japanese whalers and conservationists clashed again in the Antarctic today.

The Australian government said radical conservationists who have been pursuing Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters could refuel their ship in Hobart, Tasmania, despite Japan’s claim that they are tantamount to terrorists.

A bauxite mining company has won the right to continue mine studies on a wildlife reserve owned by the family of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.

A boating woman who was killed when a stingray jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face died of skull fractures and brain injuries, not from the animal’s poisonous barb, a medical examiner said.

A woman who was killed when a stingray jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face died of skull fractures and brain injuries, not from the animal’s poisonous barb, a medical examiner said today.

Protesters gathered at an abandoned military site in the Australian capital Canberra today to prevent the planned slaughter of 400 kangaroos blamed for ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects.

Activists who have clashed violently with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters in recent months were headed back to port today because they were running out of fuel.

An Australian judge has ruled against the widow of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin in the first stage of a case seeking more than €1.56m in allegedly unpaid debts.

Heidi Klum is the latest celebrity to offer troubled Britney Spears a place to recuperate away from the paparazzi.

Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt off Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country’s fleet, a Japanese official said today.

Japanese whalers and the activists who have vowed to stop them pledged to continue their activities in Antarctica today.

Two activists who jumped on board a Japanese whaling boat off Antarctica have been returned to their ship by Australian officials.

TWO anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese harpoon ship in a protest were last night transferred to an Australian vessel.

Two anti-whaling activists, one a Briton, who boarded a Japanese harpoon ship in a protest were tonight transferred to an Australian vessel.

Two anti-whaling activists were still on board a Japanese ship today as protesters continued to shadow its hunting fleet.

Japan has agreed to release a Briton and an Australian who were detained after storming aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, Australian officials said today.

An Australian judge today banned the company that conducts Japan’s whale hunt from killing the animals in a large part of its regular hunting grounds off Antarctica.

The widow of TV “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin is to launch non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters next year, in a bid to shame Japan’s scientific whale kill.

Australian adventurer Steve Irwin will be posthumously awarded with an adjunct professorship at the University of Queensland.

Australians paid tribute to late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin at his zoo in Queensland on Tuesday.

Actress Natalie Portman fought back tears of joy when she helped name a baby gorilla in Rwanda on Saturday.

The widow of Steve Irwin comforts their daughter Bindi when she misses her late father by playing her videotapes of the Crocodile Hunter's TV shows.

Australian Bindi Irwin said today she wants her television show to continue the educational and conservation work of her father, the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin.

Australian officials have given the footage of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s fatal encounter with a stingray to his wife and may destroy any remaining copies to prevent them being made public, according to media reports.

Late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is set to be immortalised as an action figure.

The daughter of tragic Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is planning to raise a toast to her dad on Christmas day, while reminiscing their festive day together last year.