Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

  • October 1, 2025
Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

English Dr. Jane Goodall, a chimpanzee researcher and naturalist, observes some of Taronga Zoo’s 25-member chimpanzee colony through glass in Sydney on August 31. Goodall, who has spent most of her life studying chimpanzees in Africa, is in Australia to raise awareness that chimpanzee numbers in the wild have plummeted by 75 percent in the last 10 years, leaving only 250,000 in their Central and West African homelands.

Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.

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