Jane Goodall, known for her ground-breaking studies involving chimpanzees, has died aged 91.
A post on her Facebook page said: “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. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
“Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
Jane Goodall with husband Hugo van lawick in 1974. Pic: AP
Dr Goodall is widely considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.
She began her research aged 26 in east Africa in 1960 observing chimpanzees and revealed their capability to engage in complex social behaviours like tickling.
The primatologist spoke to Sky News in June, warning of vanishing African wildlife.
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