pWotD Episode 3074: Jane Goodall

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With 777,022 views on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 our article of the day is Jane Goodall.

Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall; 3 April 1934 – 1 October 2025), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, was an English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. She was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, having studied the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees for over 60 years. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe its chimpanzees in 1960.

Goodall was the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme and had worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She was on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project from 2022 until her death in 2025. In April 2002, she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Goodall was an honorary member of the World Future Council.

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