US EditionPrimatologist Jane Goodall, famous for her study of chimpanzees, has died
- Dr. Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist and conservationist, died Wednesday at age 91 from natural causes while on a speaking tour in California.
- Goodall's pioneering chimpanzee study began in 1960 at Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, after Louis Leakey invited her despite her lack of a college degree.
- She observed chimpanzees using tools, sharing emotions, and engaging in complex social behaviors, overturning beliefs about human uniqueness, while founding the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to support conservation.
- Goodall traveled almost 300 days yearly, advocating globally for environment protection and urging people to minimize ecological footprints, earning honors like the 2025 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Her discoveries revolutionized ethology and inspired worldwide conservation efforts, with her legacy reflected in ongoing community programs protecting wildlife and habitat restoration.
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Wildlife advocate and primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Oct 1 (Reuters) - Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, has died at the age of 91, the institute she founded said on Wednesday.
Wildlife Advocate and Primate Expert Jane Goodall Dies at 91
Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, has died at the age of 91, the institute she founded said on Wednesday. Goodall died of natural causes while in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a social media post. “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the pr…
In 1964, Jane Goodall's husband, Hugo van Lawick, took a picture of her and a baby chimpanzee that changed the way we see these animals.
Dr. Jane Goodall, the primatologist who revolutionized the study of primates, has died of natural causes at the age of 91.
The great English ethologist who died at 91 in Los Angeles. Researcher and environmental activist, has helped to change our vision of the...
Etologist Jane Goodall died on October 1st at the age of 91. Jane Goodall turned her childhood dreams of writing and living with animals into a mission to which she dedicated her life and which catapult would be famous for her revolutionary work with primates in Africa and the protection of their habitat. ON THE WAY TO AFRICA She was born in London in 1934, into a middle-class family; she was raised in Bournemouth, on the southern coast of Engla…
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