Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to conservationist Jane Goodall in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Britain's Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Dr Jane Goodall hold hands as he attends Dr Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Global Leadership Meeting at St. George's House, Windsor Castle in England, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Roots & Shoots is a global programme empowering young people of all ages, working to ignite and inspire the belief that every individual can take action to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)
FILE - Jane Goodall plasy with Bahati, a 3 year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, near Nanyuki 170 kms (110 miles) north of Nairobi Sunday Dec. 6, 1997. Goodall was named Thursday, May 20, 2021 as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, file)
FILE - This Jan. 1974 file photo shows anthropologist Jane Goodall, right, with husband Hugo van lawick behind a camera. Goodall was named Thursday, May 20, 2021 as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. (AP Photo)
FILE - Primatologist Jane Goodall sits near a window where behind a chimpanzee eats in its enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo Friday, July 14, 2006. Goodall was named Thursday, May 20, 2021 as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Dr. Jane Goodall waves to the crowd gathered for the University of Montana President's Lecture Series on the UM campus in Missoula, Mont., on June 26, 2022. (Tommy Martino/Associated Press)
Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall speaks in the panel "Earth's Wisdom Keepers" on the last day of the forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
English primatologist and anthropologist, Jane Goodall, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
President Joe Biden, center, prepares to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to conservationist Jane Goodall in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Anthropologist Jane Goodall, right, and actress Betty White meet together before a news conference Wednesday, May 30, 2001, at La Brea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles. Goodall joined religious leaders, conservationists and celebrities in calling for a halt to what they say is the Bush administration's plan to weaken endangered species protections. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Jane Goodall and her son Hugo, known as Grub, born in 1967, are seen on the shores of lake Tanganyika in Tanzania in this undated photo. The researcher, of London, England, is studying the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in East Africa. (AP Photo)
Jane Goodall, British ethnologist and world famous expert for chimpanzees, looks at one the of gorillas of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. The scientist arrived to Budapest to observe the reconstruction of the city's zoo and to meet members of the worldwide nature protection foundation, Roots & Shoots to give lectures. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Famed naturalist Jane Goodall loans her mascot, a stuffed chimpanzee named "Mr. H," to Emma Kasiga, of Tanzania, at the State of the World Forum on Saturday, Oct. 5, 1996 in San Francisco. Goodall was the keynote speaker of the forum. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)
Anthropologist Jane Goodall, right with husband Hugo van Lawick behind camera, January 1974.
Renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall stands outside the chimpanzee enclosure at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Goodall was in Chicago to address leading primatologists at the "Mind of the Chimpanzee" conference, billed as the first scientific meeting on how chimpanzees think. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Jane Goodall, left, gives Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias a present during a visit to Arias' home in San Jose, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. Goodall is in Costa Rica to promote her Roots and Shoots conservation program. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)
Famed naturalist Jane Goodall chats with former President of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide at the State of the World Forum luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 5, 1996 in San Francisco. Goodall was the keynote speaker at the forum. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)
Jane Goodall, of England, famed for her work with chimpanzees in Africa and for her efforts on behalf of endangered species everywhere, is seen in the 124th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Messengers of Peace and Goodwill Ambassadors Michael Douglas, left, Jane Goodall, center, and Herbie Hancock participate in a ceremony at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also participated in the event to mark the International Day of Peace. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
British anthropologist Jane Goodall is pictured in 1975, location unknown. (AP Photo)
Dr. Jane Goodall attends the premiere for Disneynature's "Born in China" at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Saturday, April 8, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Brent Clarke/Invision/AP)
Jane Goodall arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jane" at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Composer Philip Glass, from left, Jane Goodall and songwriter Diane Warren arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jane" at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Primatologist Jane Goodall smiles after being honored for the lifetime achievements at a ceremony on her 85th birthday at City Hall in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
She promoted humanitarian causes and the need to protect the natural world, and tried to balance the grim realities of the climate crisis with hope for the future, admirers say.
