Overview

• Goodall’s death was announced by the Jane Goodall Institute, which confirmed the cause and location.
• Her long-term fieldwork at Gombe in Tanzania documented tool use, hunting and complex social behavior in wild chimpanzees, reshaping modern ethology.
• She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 and launched the Roots & Shoots youth program, extending her science into global conservation and education.
• The United Nations publicly mourned her passing, noting her service as a UN Messenger of Peace and her decades of environmental advocacy.
• International honors included being named a Dame of the British Empire and receiving the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.