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Jane Goodall Passes at 91
The world has lost a titan of science and conservation: the famous primatologist Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of 91. She was a true pioneer whose revolutionary, long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, forever changed our understanding of animal behavior and humanity’s place in the natural world.
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“The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes,” the institute announced. “She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.”
The institute added, “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
Disney famously consulted with Dr. Goodall during the creation of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. In her honor, a plaque and a carving of David Greybeard—the chimpanzee who first befriended her in Gombe—were placed on the Tree of Life, near the entrance to the Tree of Life theater.
Dr. Goodall also served as an ambassador for the Disneynature studio, where she co-produced the 2012 documentary Chimpanzee. Additionally, she was the subject of numerous National Geographic productions. A United Nations Messenger of Peace and an honorary member of the World Future Council, she first began her groundbreaking study of chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania back in 1960.
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