Steve.

It made ABC front page:

And Fark: (with an un-measurable number of comments)

BBC:

Wikipedia:

New York Times

CNN:

And it even made Slashdot (a bit suprising really):

And yes, even Al Jazeera:

And from Africa's first online newspaper, the Mail & Guardian:
(I tried to find some obscure new site...)
I was never his greatest fan. But he was not merely the overly enthusiastic occa croc-hugger he was portrayed as.

So long fella. Only the good...

"Thousands of MSN users gave respect to the wildlife conservationist, adding a turtle (tu) icon to their msn names. The turtle represents Harriet, the 175 yr old Galapogas Turtle who was owned by Steve until she died on 23rd June, 2006"