Jane Goodall, Beloved Chimpanzee Researcher & Animal Advocate, Dies At Age 91

Dr. Jane Goodall, the beloved anthropologist best known for her 60 years studying chimpanzees, has died at age 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced her passing in a statement posted to her official Facebook page on Oct. 1 revealing she died due to natural causes. It also noted she was in California for a speaking tour in the U.S. at the time of her death. “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” the statement read. Dr. Goodall was an advocate for animals and renowned chimpanzee researcher. She was 26 when she visited Tanzania for the first time to research chimpanzees and, according to the institute’s website, her 1960 discovery that the animals “make and use tools is considered one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century scholarship.”