US EditionJane Goodall, Pioneering Primatologist and Conservationist, Dies at 91
- Jane Goodall, a renowned primatologist and conservationist, died in 2025 during a U.S. speaking tour in California at age 91.
- Her work began in 1960 when, backed by Louis Leakey, she studied chimpanzees in Tanzania and made groundbreaking discoveries about their tool use.
- Goodall observed chimpanzees' social bonds, emotions, personalities, and behaviors such as warfare and adoption, reshaping human understanding of primates.
- She received major honors including the 2021 Templeton Prize and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025, while continuing global advocacy through speeches and podcasts.
- Her death prompted tributes from global leaders and conservationists and was commemorated by tree-planting events emphasizing her lasting impact on humanity and the planet.
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Rest in Power: Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human
To the public, she was a world-renowned scientist and icon. To me, she was Jane—my inspiring mentor and friend. Goodall spoke of animals as having emotions and cultures, and in the case of chimps, communities that were almost tribal. She also named the chimps she observed, an unheard-of practice at the time, garnering ridicule from scientists who had traditionally numbered their research subjects. Goodall was persuasive, powerful and determined,…
Jane Goodall, a British primatologist, ethologist and conservationist and animal rights activist, one of the most influential and inspiring researchers of her time, died on October 1 at the age of 92. Goodall has changed the way we think about animals and what humans are. She is best known for her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania, to which she spent 65 years. But in recent decades, Goodall has focused on conservation projects, animal rights, …
Jane Goodall revolutionized behavioral research by observing chimpanzees. On October 1st, the world's most famous researcher died at the age of 91 on a lecture tour.
The British Jane Goodall, pioneer in the study of chimpanzees and iconic figure of environmental causes, died at the age of 91, reported on Wednesday the institute she founded and bears her name. Goodall “died peacefully while sleeping” in Los Angeles, during a lecture tour of the United States, said the Jane Goodall Institute in an Instagram release. In a final video published before her death, the celebrated primatologist told the public: “Som…
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