Jane Goodall, without formal university training, revolutionized primatology by observing chimpanzees with patience and ...

Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist who shaped the world's knowledge of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the institute she founded announced Wednesday. The Jane Goodall Institute said ...

Jane Goodall, the primatologist whose groundbreaking study of wild chimpanzees transformed science and inspired generations to see the natural world as kin, was remembered on Wednesday as both a ...

One of the most important legacies a person can leave behind is one of change — of irreparably breaking glass ceilings, challenging the status quo and reimagining our perception of longheld beliefs.

Despite the massive changes Goodall wrought in the world of science, upending the study of animal behavior, she was always cheerful, encouraging and inspiring. I think of her as a gentle disrupter.

October 1, 2025, was a day of reflection and sorrow for many of us in the field of evolutionary psychology—even amateurs like me. It marked the end of an era, one defined by the life of Jane Goodall, ...

Jane Goodall shares a moment of trust with chimpanzee David Greybeard, not long after she moved to Gombe, Tanzania, circa 1960. (Photo courtesy Jane Goodall Institute) She pioneered and sustained the ...

Scientists rarely ascend to celebrity status. But primatologist Jane Goodall, who passed away this month at 91, enjoyed movie star-level fame. Just ask University of Delaware alumna Erika Fleury, ...