In 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall’s early fieldwork observing chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), unveiled groundbreaking research of shared behaviors between humans and apes. The Jane Goodall Institute announced on October 1, 2025, that Jane Goodall died at 91. A primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, educator, and National Geographic Explorer, her work revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. | National Geographic Documentary Films

Dr. Jane Goodall shares her thoughts for World Animal Day 2020. This year marks 60 continuous years of research in Gombe, Tanzania, where Jane first unlocked the mysterious world of wild chimpanzees. This research and her findings helped redefine our relationship to the rest of the animal kingdom. As Dr. Goodall has shared, “Chimps made it so easy for me to assert that there’s no sharp line between us & rest of the animal kingdom. The difference is in degree, not in kind.” We are a part of the a

We’re remembering Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who was seen as the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park. Goodall died in Los Angeles of natural causes while on a speaking tour. | People