All 3,000 tickets to Steve Irwin's memorial service at Australia Zoo have been snapped up by fans in just 15 minutes.

“Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin will be celebrated at a public memorial service next week at the Australian wildlife park his family owns, his wife announced today.

Hundreds of surfers formed a circle in the waves off Australia’s eastern coast and cast sprigs of wild flowers into the Pacific Ocean today to honour “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.

"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin’s funeral will be held privately within seven days, his father said today, confirming that the family had declined a state funeral for the television star.

Dramatic videotape of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin’s last moments shows him pulling from his chest the poisonous stingray barb that killed him, officials said today, as tributes poured in for the beloved naturalist famed for getting dangerously close to deadly beasts.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was a unique character who brought joy to millions of people around the world, Australia’s visibly upset prime minister said today.

Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today by a stingray barb during a diving expedition.

A snake handler at a zoo run by Steve Irwin of TV’s Crocodile Hunter nature programme was bitten by one of the world’s deadliest snakes today.