“Her legacy and her mission are in really good hands,” an official with the Jane Goodall Institute tells PEOPLE ...

Chimpanzees are capable of complex emotions. While this is common knowledge today, it was not in the 1960s. It was not until Jane Goodall began working in the field of animal research that this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram A new post from the Jane Goodall Institute is giving one chimpanzee his flowers years after his death. The ...

In a recent video from the Jane Goodall Institute, the late, famous primatologist and environmental advocate was shown emphasizing how much chimpanzee behavior can resemble our own, sparking both ...

In 1960 a spirited animal lover with no scientific training set up camp in Tanganyika’s Gombe Stream Game Reserve to observe ...

Jane Goodall speaks at an event marking the third anniversary of Sept. 11 at The Intrepid Museum on Pier 86 in Manhattan. The event honored rescue dogs and first responders. (Jenny Warburg) This story ...

During a lab visit in 1990, Jane Goodall disregarded the caution of some workers there to get close to an alpha chimpanzee and communicate with it Goodall's groundbreaking years observing chimps ...

Jane Goodall, the scientist who taught humanity about our closest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzees, died last week at the age of 91. The Jane Goodall Institute, which she founded in 1977, ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The world recently bid farewell to Jane Goodall, the pioneering scientist who reshaped our understanding of primates and opened doors for women in science. Goodall, who passed ...

Over the course of 45 years studying the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Jane Goodall revolutionized our understanding of our closest primate relatives. A champion of animal ...

Dr. Jane Goodall devoted her life to her field of study. The world's top expert on wild chimpanzees, who died of natural causes on Oct. 1 at age 91, was a champion of the species for more than 60 ...