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Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has

By HALLIE GOLDEN
Updated 4:24 PM EDT, October 1, 2025
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Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking
chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has
died. She was 91.

The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologistrCOs death Wednesday
in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall died of natural causes while in California on a U.S. speaking
tour.

Her discoveries rCLrevolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate
for the protection and restoration of our natural world,rCY it said.

While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented
the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to
be exclusive to humans, and also noted their distinct personalities. Her observations and subsequent magazine and documentary appearances in the
1960s transformed how the world perceived not only humansrCO closest living biological relatives but also the emotional and social complexity of all animals, while propelling her into the public consciousness.

rCLOut there in nature by myself, when yourCOre alone, you can become part of nature and your humanity doesnrCOt get in the way,rCY she told The Associated Press in 2021. rCLItrCOs almost like an out-of-body experience when suddenly you hear different sounds and you smell different smells and yourCOre
actually part of this amazing tapestry of life.rCY

Goodall never lost hope for the future
She had been scheduled to meet with students and teachers on Wednesday to launch the planting of 5,000 trees around wildfire burn zones in the Los Angeles area. Organizers learned of her death as the event was set to
begin at the EF Academy in Pasadena, said spokesperson Shawna Marino. The first tree was planted in GoodallrCOs name after a moment of silence.

rCLI donrCOt think thererCOs any better way to honor her legacy than having a thousand children gathered for her,rCY Marino said.

In her later years, Goodall devoted decades to education and advocacy on humanitarian causes and protecting the natural world. In her usual soft-
spoken British accent, she was known for balancing the grim realities of
the climate crisis with a sincere message of hope for the future.

From her base in the British coastal town of Bournemouth, she traveled
nearly 300 days a year, even after she turned 90, to speak to packed auditoriums. Between more serious messages, her speeches often featured
her whooping like a chimpanzee or lamenting that Tarzan chose the wrong
Jane.

rCLDr. Jane Goodall was able to convey the lessons of her research to everyone, especially young people. She changed the way we see Great Apes,rCY said Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency.

Living among the chimpanzees
While first studying chimps in Tanzania in the early 1960s, Goodall was
known for her unconventional approach. She didnrCOt simply observe them from afar but immersed herself in every aspect of their lives. She fed them and gave them names instead of numbers, which some scientists criticized.

Her findings were circulated to millions when she first appeared on the
cover of National Geographic in 1963 and soon after in a popular
documentary. A collection of photos of Goodall in the field helped her and even some of the chimps become famous. One iconic image showed her
crouching across from the infant chimpanzee named Flint. Each has arms outstretched, reaching for the other.

In 1972, the Sunday Times published an obituary for Flo, FlintrCOs mother
and the dominant matriarch, after she was found face down on the edge of a stream. Flint died soon after showing signs of grief and losing weight.

rC|What the chimps have taught me over the years is theyrCOre so like us. TheyrCOve blurred the line between humans and animals,rC| she said in 1997.

Goodall earned top civilian honors from a number of countries including Britain, France, Japan and Tanzania. She was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2025 by then-U.S. President Joe Biden and won the prestigious Templeton Prize in 2021.

rCLHer groundbreaking discoveries have changed humanityrCOs understanding of its role in an interconnected world, and her advocacy has pointed to a
greater purpose for our species in caring for life on this planet,rCY said
the Templeton Prize citation, which honors individuals whose liferCOs work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality.

Charting a course from an early age
Born in London in 1934, Goodall said her fascination with animals began
around when she learned to crawl. In her book, rCLIn the Shadow of Man,rCY she described an early memory of hiding in a henhouse to see a chicken lay an
egg. She was there so long her mother reported her missing to police.

She bought her first book rCo Edgar Rice BurroughsrCO rCLTarzan of the ApesrCY rCo
when she was 10 and soon made up her mind about her future: Live with wild animals in Africa.

The beginning was filled with complications. British authorities insisted
she have a companion, so she brought her mother. The chimps fled if she
got within 500 yards (460 meters) of them. She also spent weeks sick from
what she believes was malaria.

But she was eventually able to gain the animalsrCO trust. By the fall of
1960 she observed the chimpanzee named David Greybeard make a tool from
twigs and use it to fish termites from a nest. It was previously believed
that only humans made and used tools.

She also found that chimps have individual personalities and share humansrCO emotions of pleasure, joy, sadness and fear. She documented bonds between mothers and infants, sibling rivalry and male dominance. She found there
was no sharp line between humans and the animal kingdom.

In later years, she discovered chimpanzees engage in a type of warfare,
and in 1987 she and her staff observed a chimp rCLadoptrCY a 3-year-old orphan that wasnrCOt closely related.

Taking on an activist role
Her work moved into global advocacy after she watched a disturbing film of experiments on laboratory animals in 1986.

rC|I knew I had to do something,rC| she said. rC|It was payback time.rC|

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and halted her in-person events,
she began podcasting from her childhood home in England. Through dozens of rCLJane Goodall HopecastrCY episodes, she talked with guests including U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, author Margaret Atwood and marine biologist Ayana
Elizabeth Johnson.

rCLIf one wants to reach people; If one wants to change attitudes, you have
to reach the heart,rCY she said during her first episode. rCLYou can reach the heart by telling stories, not by arguing with peoplerCOs intellects.rCY


In later years, she pushed back on rCLgloom and doomrCY messaging and aggressive tactics by climate activists, saying they could backfire. She
also built a strong social media presence, advising millions of followers about the need to end factory farming and how to avoid being paralyzed by
the climate crisis.

Her advice: rCLFocus on the present and make choices today whose impact will build over time.rCY
That plan stayed with her through a secretarial course when she was 18 and
two different jobs. By 1957, she accepted an invitation to travel to a
farm in Kenya.

There she met the famed anthropologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey at
a natural history museum in Nairobi. He gave her a job as an assistant secretary.

Three years later, despite Goodall not having a college degree, Leakey
asked if she would be interested in studying chimpanzees in what is now Tanzania. She told the AP that he chose her rCLbecause he wanted an open mind.rCY

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