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{{Short description|English zoologist (1934–2025)}}
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| name              = Jane Goodall
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| birth_name        = Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall
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| birth_place       = London, England
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| death_place       = [[Beverly Hills, California]], US
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* {{marriage|[[Derek Bryceson]]|1975|1980|end=died}}
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| education         = [[University of Cambridge]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| fields            = [[Ethology]]
| thesis_title      = Behaviour of Free-Living Chimpanzees
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| doctoral_advisor  = [[Robert Hinde]]<ref name=goodphd/>
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* [[Kyoto Prize]] (1990)
* [[Hubbard Medal]] (1995)
* [[Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement]] (1997)
* Dame Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (2004)
* [[Templeton Prize]] (2021)
* [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2025)
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'''Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|ʊ|d|ˌ|ɔː|l}};<ref>{{Cite Dictionary.com|Goodall}}</ref> {{née|'''Morris-Goodall'''}}; 3{{nbsp}}April 1934{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}October 2025) was an English [[primatologist]] and [[anthropologist]].<ref>Holloway, M. (1997) ''Profile: Jane Goodall – Gombe's Famous Primate'', [[Scientific American]] '''277'''(4), 42–44.</ref> Regarded as a pioneer in primate [[ethology]], and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent [[chimpanzee]] expert", she was best known for more than six decades of [[field research]] on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the [[Kasakela chimpanzee community]] at [[Gombe Stream National Park]] in [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.livescience.com/animals/jane-goodall-famed-primatologist-who-discovered-chimpanzee-tool-use-dies-at-91 | title=Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91 | first=Kristina | last=Killgrove | work=[[Live Science]] | date=1 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=Patrick |last2=Weston |first2=Phoebe |last3=Horton |first3=Helena |date=2 October 2025 |title='A remarkable ability to inspire': global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/02/a-remarkable-ability-to-inspire-global-tributes-pour-in-for-jane-goodall |access-date=2 October 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Jane |date=2 October 2025 |title=Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee expert, dies aged 91 |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/jane-goodall-death-chimpanzee-zoologist-age-b2814518.html |access-date=2 October 2025 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist [[Louis Leakey]], Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as [[Tool use by chimpazees|using tools]], having complex emotions, forming lasting [[Human bonding|social bonds]], engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://theconversation.com/jane-goodall-the-gentle-disrupter-whose-research-on-chimpanzees-redefined-what-it-meant-to-be-human-205909 | title=Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human | first=Mireya |last=Mayor | work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] | date=1 October 2025}}</ref>

In 1965 Goodall was awarded a PhD in ethology from the [[University of Cambridge]]. In the 1960s Goodall published several accounts of her research in Tanzania, including a series of articles in ''[[National Geographic]]''. Her first book-length study, ''In the Shadow of Man'' (1971), was later translated into 48 languages. She founded the [[Jane Goodall Institute]] in 1977 to promote [[wildlife conservation]], followed by the [[Roots & Shoots]] youth programme in 1991, which grew into a global network. Goodall also established [[wildlife sanctuaries]] and [[reforestation]] projects in Africa and campaigned for the [[ethical treatment of animals]] in [[animal testing]], [[animal husbandry]] and [[Captivity (animal)|captivity]]. Goodall was appointed a [[United Nations Messenger of Peace]] in 2002, and advised organisations such as [[Save the Chimps]] and the [[Society for the Protection of Underground Networks]].

Throughout her career Goodall wrote 32 books, 15 of them for children, and was the subject of over 40 films. She remained an active lecturer, travelling extensively to promote conservation and [[climate action]]. Goodall was an honorary member of the [[World Future Council]]. Among other honours, she was a recipient of the [[National Geographic Society]]'s [[Hubbard Medal]], the [[Kyoto Prize]], the [[Templeton Prize]] and the United States [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. In 2003 she was named a [[dame commander of the Order of the British Empire]] by [[Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]]. Goodall served on the board of the [[Nonhuman Rights Project]] from 2022 until her death.<ref name="NBCobit">{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Rebecca |last2=Mullen |first2=Austin |last3=Bush |first3=Evan |last4=Madani |first4=Doha |date=1 October 2025 |title=Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/dr-jane-goodall-legendary-animal-rights-advocate-dies-91-rcna235001 |access-date=1 October 2025 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Goodall, Board Member |url=https://www.nonhumanrights.org/blog/people/jane-goodall/ |website=[[Nonhuman Rights Project]] |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall was born in April 1934 in [[Hampstead]], London,<ref name="JGBio">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/scientists/jane-goodall |title=Jane Goodall Biography | work=[[Biography (TV_program)|Biography]] |date=October 2025 }}</ref><ref>"Morris-Goodall, Valerie J" in Register of Births for Hampstead Registration District, volume 1a (1934), p. 748.</ref> to Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall, a businessman, and Margaret Myfanwe Joseph,<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007''.</ref> a novelist from [[Milford Haven]], Pembrokeshire,<ref>''1911 England Census''</ref> who wrote under the [[pen name]] Vanne Morris-Goodall.<ref name="JGBio"/>

After the family moved to [[Bournemouth]], Goodall attended [[Uplands School, Poole|Uplands School]], an independent school in nearby [[Poole]].<ref name="JGBio"/>

When she was a child, Goodall's father gave her a stuffed toy chimpanzee named Jubilee as an alternative to a [[teddy bear]]. Goodall had said her fondness for it sparked her early love of animals, commenting, "My mother's friends were horrified by this toy, thinking it would frighten me and give me nightmares." Jubilee was still on Goodall's dresser in London as of 2000.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Jane Goodall |author2=Phillip Berman |title=Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey |publisher=Warner Books |year=2000 |location=New York |page=4 |isbn=978-0-446-67613-7}}</ref>

=== Africa ===
Goodall had always been drawn to animals and Africa, which brought her to the farm of a friend in the White Highlands in the [[Kenya Colony|Colony and Protectorate of Kenya]] in 1957.<ref name="JanesStory" /> From there, she obtained work as a secretary, and acting on her friend's advice, she telephoned [[Louis Leakey]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Goodall Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/jane-goodall/#interview}}</ref> the Kenyan archaeologist and palaeontologist, with no other thought than to make an appointment to discuss animals. Leakey, believing that the study of existing great apes could provide indications of the behaviour of early [[hominids]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |date=June 2007 |title=Jane Goodall helps humans and animals live together |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_how_humans_and_animals_can_live_together |publisher=[[TED (conference)|TED]] |location=[[Arusha]], [[Tanzania]] |access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref> was looking for a chimpanzee researcher, though he kept the idea to himself. Instead, he proposed that Goodall work for him as a secretary. After obtaining approval from his co-researcher and wife, the [[palaeoanthropologist]] [[Mary Leakey]], Louis sent Goodall to [[Olduvai Gorge]] in [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]] (later part of [[Tanzania]]), where he laid out his plans.<ref name="Richards 2000"/>

== Education ==
In 1958 Leakey sent Goodall to London to study primate behaviour with [[William Charles Osman Hill|Osman Hill]] and primate anatomy with [[John Napier (primatologist)|John Napier]].<ref name=Morell1995>{{Cite book |last=Morell |first=Virginia |year=1995 |title=Ancestral Passions: the Leakey family and the quest for humankind's beginnings |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-0-684-80192-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ancestralpassion00more/page/242 242] |url=https://archive.org/details/ancestralpassion00more/page/242}}</ref> Leakey raised funds, and on 14 July 1960 Goodall went to [[Gombe Stream National Park]], becoming the first of what would come to be called [[the Trimates]].<ref name="GoodallPeterson2002">{{Cite book |last1=Goodall |first1=Jane |last2=Peterson |first2=Dale |title=Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters: The Later Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kdr0TP7ou0wC&pg=PA1 |access-date=13 July 2011 |date=25 September 2002 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-0-618-25734-8 |page=1}}</ref> She was accompanied by her mother, whose presence was necessary to satisfy the requirements of David Anstey, chief warden, who was concerned for their safety.<ref name="JanesStory">{{Cite web |title=Early Days |url=http://www.janegoodall.org/janes-story |access-date=28 July 2010 |publisher=[[Jane Goodall Institute]] |year=2010}}</ref> Goodall credits her mother with encouraging her to pursue a career in [[primatology]], a male-dominated field at the time. Goodall said that women were not accepted in the field when she started her research in the late 1950s.<ref>Morgen, B. (Director). (2017). ''Jane'' [Motion Picture]. United States: National Geographic Studios</ref> {{as of|2019}} the field of [[primatology]] is made up almost evenly of men and women, in part thanks to the trailblazing work of Goodall and her encouragement of young women to join the field.<ref>''CBC/Radio Canada'', [https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/louis-leakey-selected-three-women-to-study-the-great-apes-they-inspire-youn ''She Walks with Apes''], accessed 16 January 2022</ref>

Louis Leakey arranged funding, and in 1962 he sent Goodall, who had no degree, to the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="Richards 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Richards |first1=Peter |title=Profile: Mirror of Humankind |journal=Cambridge Alumni Magazine |date=2000 |issue=44 |pages=10–13 |quote=When I came up to Cambridge in 1962, I had no degree of any sort.}}</ref> She was the eighth person to be allowed to study for a PhD at Cambridge without first having obtained a bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dr Jane Goodall DBE awarded Honorary Degree from the University of | date=13 February 2024 | url=https://newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/dr-jane-goodall-dbe-awarded-honorary-degree-university-cambridge-and-becomes-honorary }}</ref> She attended [[Newnham College, Cambridge]], to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree in [[ethology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newn.cam.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-fellows |title=Newnham College Honorary Fellows – Jane Goodall (2019) |publisher=[[Newnham College, Cambridge]]}}</ref><ref name=goodphd/><ref name="JanesStory" /><ref name="CV"/><ref>{{Cite book |author=Dale Peterson |title=Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzJIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA261 |date=11 November 2014 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-0-547-52579-2 |page=261}}</ref> Her thesis was completed in 1966 under the supervision of [[Robert Hinde]] on the ''Behaviour of free-living chimpanzees'',<ref name=goodphd>{{Cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Jane |last=Goodall |year=1966 |title=Behaviour of free-living chimpanzees |id={{EThOS |uk.bl.ethos.727585}} |oclc=1063634333 |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251039 |website=repository.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> detailing her first five years of study at the Gombe Reserve.<ref name="JGBio" /><ref name="CV">{{Cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae, Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE |publisher=Jane Goodall Institute |url=http://www.janegoodall.org.hk/downloads/Curriculum%20Vitae.pdf |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005905/http://www.janegoodall.org.hk/downloads/Curriculum%20Vitae.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>

On 19 June 2006 the [[Open University of Tanzania]] awarded her an honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telluriantreasures.co.uk/dr-jane-goodall-an-appreciation-post/|title=Dr. Jane Goodall: An appreciation post|date=21 February 2021 |publisher=Tellurisan Tresures|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref> She became an honorary fellow of both Newnham College (her alma mater) and [[Darwin College, Cambridge]], in 2019, when she was also awarded an honorary doctorate.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dame Jane Goodall 1934-2025 - Darwin College | date=2 October 2025 | url=https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/news/dame-jane-goodall-1934-2025/ }}</ref>

==Work==
===Research at Gombe Stream National Park===
[[File:Jane Goodall, The Green Interview.webm|thumb|right|Goodall in conversation with [[Silver Donald Cameron]], discussing her work]]
[[File:Sculpture of Jane Goodall and David Greybeard.jpg|thumb|A sculpture of Jane Goodall and David Greybeard outside the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] in Chicago]]

Goodall studied [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]] social and family life beginning with the [[Kasakela chimpanzee community]] in [[Gombe Stream National Park]], [[Tanzania]], in 1960.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |title=Study Corner – Gombe Timeline |url=http://www.janegoodall.org/study-corner-gombe-timeline |publisher=Jane Goodall Institute |year=2010 |access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="PBS" /> She found that "it isn't only human beings who have personality, who are capable of rational thought [and] emotions like joy and sorrow."<ref name="PBS">{{Cite web |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/jane-goodalls-wild-chimpanzees-introduction/1908/ |title=Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees |year=1996 |access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref> She also observed behaviours often considered human, such as hugs, kisses, pats on the back, and even tickling.<ref name="PBS" /> Goodall insisted that these gestures are evidence of "the close, supportive, affectionate bonds that develop between family members and other individuals within a community, which can persist throughout a life span of more than 50 years."<ref name="PBS" />

Goodall's research at Gombe Stream challenged two long-standing beliefs of the day: that only humans could construct and use tools, and that chimpanzees were vegetarians.<ref name="PBS" /> While observing one chimpanzee feeding at a termite mound, she watched him repeatedly place stalks of grass into termite holes, then remove them from the hole covered with clinging termites, effectively "fishing" for termites. The chimpanzees would also take twigs from trees and strip off the leaves to make the twig more effective, a form of object modification that is the rudimentary beginnings of toolmaking.<ref name="ReasonforHope">{{cite book |last=Goodall |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWc2AQAAQBAJ |title=Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey |publisher=Warner Books |year=1999 |location=New York |isbn=978-0-446-93042-0 }}</ref> Humans had long distinguished themselves from the rest of the animal kingdom as "Man the Toolmaker". In response to Goodall's revolutionary findings, Louis Leakey wrote, "[w]e must now redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as human!"<ref name=ReasonforHope/>

Goodall observed the tendency for aggression and violence within chimpanzee troops. Goodall observed dominant females deliberately killing the young of other females in the troop to maintain their dominance,<ref name="PBS" /> sometimes going as far as [[cannibalism (zoology)|cannibalism]].<ref name=ReasonforHope/> She said of this revelation,
<blockquote>During the first ten years of the study I had believed [...] that the Gombe chimpanzees were, for the most part, rather nicer than human beings. [...] Then suddenly we found that chimpanzees could be brutal—that they, like us, had a darker side to their nature.<ref name=ReasonforHope/></blockquote>
She described the 1974–1978 [[Gombe Chimpanzee War]] in her 1990 memoir, ''Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe''. Her findings revolutionised contemporary knowledge of chimpanzee behaviour and were further evidence of the social similarities between humans and chimpanzees.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Michael Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Insights into human evolution from 60 years of research on chimpanzees at Gombe |journal=Evolutionary Human Sciences |language=en |volume=3 |article-number=e8 |doi=10.1017/ehs.2021.2 |pmid=33604500 |issn=2513-843X|pmc=7886264 }}</ref>

Goodall found an aggressive side of chimpanzee nature at Gombe Stream. She discovered that chimpanzees will systematically hunt and eat smaller primates such as [[colobus]] monkeys.<ref name="PBS" /> Goodall watched a hunting group isolate a colobus monkey high in a tree and block all possible exits; then one chimpanzee climbed up and captured and killed the colobus. The others then each took parts of the carcass, sharing with other members of the troop in response to begging behaviours.<ref name="Goodall">{{Cite web |title=Chimpanzee Central - The Jane Goodall Institute's Chimpanzee Resource |url=http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/default.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126052635/http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/default.asp |archive-date=26 January 2009 |access-date=9 October 2025 |website=www.janegoodall.org |url-status=dead }}</ref> The chimpanzees at Gombe kill and eat as much as one-third of the colobus population in the park each year.<ref name="PBS" /> This represented a major scientific discovery that challenged previous conceptions of chimpanzee diet and behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What chimpanzees do? |url=http://www.chimpanzoo.org/enrichment/Foraging-chimpanzees.pdf |website=www.chimpanzoo.org |last=Tresz |first=Hilda}}</ref>

Goodall set herself apart from convention by naming the animals in her studies of primates instead of assigning each a number. Numbering was a nearly universal practice at the time and was thought to be important in avoiding emotional attachment to the subject being studied and thus losing [[objectivity (science)|objectivity]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blum |first=Deborah |author-link=Deborah Blum |date=26 November 2006 |title=The Primatologist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/books/Blum.t.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029120123/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/books/Blum.t.html |archive-date=29 October 2018 |access-date=16 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=nge>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2017 |title=Jane Goodall |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jane-goodall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819025408/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/jane-goodall/ |archive-date=19 August 2020 |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=[[National Geographic Society]] |language=en}}</ref> Goodall wrote in 1993,
<blockquote>When, in the early 1960s, I brazenly used such words as 'childhood', 'adolescence', 'motivation', 'excitement', and 'mood' I was much criticised. Even worse was my crime of suggesting that chimpanzees had 'personalities'. I was ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman animals and was thus guilty of that worst of ethological sins—anthropomorphism.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goodall |first1=Jane |url=http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-m/goodall01.htm |title=The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity |date=1993 |publisher=Fourth Estate |isbn=978-1-85702-126-4 |editor1-last=Cavalieri |editor1-first=Paola |location=London |page=10}}</ref> </blockquote>

Setting herself apart from other researchers also led her to develop a close bond with the chimpanzees and to become the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society.<ref name=nge/>

Among those whom Goodall named during her years in Gombe were:<ref>See [[Kasakela chimpanzee community]] for a more complete list and details.</ref>
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community|David Greybeard]], a grey-chinned male who first warmed up to Goodall;<ref name="Gombe">{{Cite web | url=http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/gombe/default.asp | title=Gombe National Park, Chimpanzee Central | work=Janegoodall.org}}</ref>
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Male dominance|Goliath]], a friend of David Greybeard, originally the [[Alpha (biology)|alpha male]] named for his bold nature;
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Male dominance|Mike]], who through his cunning and improvisation displaced Goliath as the alpha male;
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Male dominance|Humphrey]], a big, strong, bullysome male;
* Gigi, a large, [[Infertility|sterile]] female who delighted in being the "aunt" of any young chimps or humans;
* Mr. McGregor, a belligerent older male;
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Flo|Flo]], a motherly, high-ranking female with a bulbous nose and ragged ears, and her children; [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Figan|Figan]], [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Faben|Faben]], [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Freud|Freud]], [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Fifi|Fifi]], and [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Flint|Flint]];<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/f_family/flo.asp | title=Flo (approx. 1929–1972), Chimpanzee Central | work=Janegoodall.org | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129072309/http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/f_family/flo.asp | archive-date=29 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/f_family/fifi.asp | title=Fifi (1958–2004), Chimpanzee Central | work=Janegoodall.org | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126044252/http://janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanzees/f_family/fifi.asp | archive-date=26 January 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Kasakela chimpanzee community#Frodo|Frodo]], Fifi's second-oldest child, an aggressive male who also attacked humans, including Goodall.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2004/demonicapetrans.shtml | title=Science & Nature - Horizon - Demonic Ape | work=[[BBC News]] | date=8 January 2004}}</ref>

===Jane Goodall Institute===
[[File:Jane Goodall at RS Hungary.JPG|thumbnail|right|Goodall in 2009 with Hungarian [[Roots & Shoots]] group members]]

In 1977 Goodall established the [[Jane Goodall Institute]] (JGI), which supports the [[Gombe Stream National Park|Gombe]] research, and she was a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. With nineteen offices around the world, the JGI is widely recognised for community-centred [[conservation movement|conservation and development]] programmes in Africa. Its global youth programme, [[Jane Goodall Institute (Hong Kong)#Roots & Shoots|Roots & Shoots]], began in 1991 when a group of 12 local teenagers met with Goodall on her back porch in [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania. They were eager to discuss a range of problems they knew about from first-hand experience that caused them deep concern. The organisation has over 10,000 groups in over 100 countries {{as of|2010|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rootsandshoots.org/aboutus/history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235233/http://www.rootsandshoots.org/aboutus/history |archive-date=20 July 2011 |title=Our History |work=Roots & Shoots |publisher=The Jane Goodall Institute |access-date=14 July 2010}}</ref>

In 1992 Goodall founded the [[Tchimpounga Sanctuary|Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Centre]] in the [[Republic of the Congo|Republic of Congo]] to care for chimpanzees orphaned due to bush-meat trade. The rehabilitation houses over a hundred chimps over its three islands.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Andrew | last=Westoll | authorlink=Andrew Westoll | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/in-an-african-sanctuary-help-and-hope-for-orphaned-chimps/article4200620/ | title=In an African sanctuary, help and hope for orphaned chimps | work=[[The Globe And Mail]]}}</ref>

In 1994 Goodall founded the Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education (TACARE or "Take Care") pilot project to protect chimpanzees' habitat from deforestation by reforesting hills around [[Gombe Stream National Park|Gombe]] while simultaneously educating neighbouring communities on sustainability and agriculture training. The TACARE project also supports young girls by offering them access to reproductive health education and through scholarships to finance their college tuition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gpsworld.com/esri-jane-goodall-institute-partner-to-protect-ecosystems/ |title=Esri, Jane Goodall Institute partner to protect ecosystems |last=Barwacz |first=Allison|date=10 July 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Jane Goodall and Lou Perrotti 2009 by DS.jpg|thumb|Goodall in 2009 with Lou Perrotti, who contributed to her book ''Hope for Animals and Their World'']]
Owing to an overflow of handwritten notes, photographs, and data piling up at Goodall's home in [[Dar es Salaam]] in the mid-1990s, the Jane Goodall Institute's Center for Primate Studies was created at the [[University of Minnesota]] to house and organise this data. {{as of|2011}}, all of the original Jane Goodall archives reside there and have been digitised, analysed, and placed in an online database.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.janegoodall.org/chimpanzees-gsrc |title=JGICPS |publisher=The Jane Goodall Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210215503/http://www.janegoodall.org/chimpanzees-gsrc |archive-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> On 17 March 2011 Karl Bates, a [[Duke University]] spokesman, announced that the archives would be moved to Duke, with [[Anne E. Pusey]], Duke's chairman of [[evolutionary anthropology]], overseeing the collection. Pusey, who managed the archives in Minnesota and worked with Goodall in Tanzania, had worked at Duke for a year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/mar/18/wsmet03-goodall-papers-headed-to-duke-ar-872387/ |title=Goodall papers headed to Duke |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=18 March 2011 |access-date=18 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126232610/http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/mar/18/wsmet03-goodall-papers-headed-to-duke-ar-872387/ |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>

In 2018 and 2020 Goodall partnered with her friend Michael Cammarata on two natural product lines from [[Schmidt's Naturals]] and [[Neptune Wellness Solutions]]. Five percent of every sale benefited the Jane Goodall Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schmidt's Naturals, Jane Goodall Institute partner on deodorants |url=https://drugstorenews.com/beauty/schmidts-naturals-jane-goodall-institute-partner-deodorants|access-date=27 July 2021 |website=Drug Store News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Wonders of Africa': Dr. Jane Goodall Launches Essential Oil Kit—All Sourced From Africa |url=https://okmagazine.com/news/neptune-wellness-solutions-announces-launch-jane-goodall-product/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |website=OK Magazine |date=18 September 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Goodall Co-Develops Natural Product Line With Neptune Wellness & IFF |url=https://www.beautypackaging.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2020-04-21/jane-goodall-co-develops-natural-product-line-with-neptune-wellness-iff/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |website=Beauty Packaging}}</ref>

As of 2004 Goodall devoted virtually all of her time to advocacy on behalf of chimpanzees and the environment, travelling nearly 300 days a year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bender |first=Kristin |date=2 October 2009 |title=Goodall promotes peace, youth empowerment at talk in Berkeley |newspaper=[[The Oakland Tribune]] |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/crime-courts/ci_13473075 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 October 2009 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118070957/http://www.insidebayarea.com/crime-courts/ci_13473075?source=rss }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Coward |first=Ros |author-link=Rosalind Coward |title=New mission for chimps' champion |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/10/academicexperts.environment |date=10 October 2004 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> Goodall was also on the advisory council for the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary outside of Africa, [[Save the Chimps]] in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staff Category: Advisory Council|url=https://savethechimps.org/staff_categorys/advisory-council |access-date=17 October 2021 |website=Save the Chimps |language=en-US}}</ref>

Goodall was an advisory board member for [[Society for the Protection of Underground Networks|The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks]] (SPUN).<ref>{{Cite press release |last=SPUN |date=30 November 2021 |title=First nonprofit to map the Earth's fungal networks receives record multi-million donation, signaling new frontier in global conservation |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/ph/news-release/2021/11/30/2342796/0/en/First-nonprofit-to-map-the-Earth-s-fungal-networks-receives-record-multi-million-donation-signaling-new-frontier-in-global-conservation.html |access-date=3 October 2025 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en-us}}</ref>

===Activism===
[[File:Jane Goodall and Allyson Reed.jpg|thumb|Goodall with Allyson Reed of [[Skulls Unlimited International]], at the [[Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] annual conference in September 2009]]

Goodall credited the 1986 ''Understanding Chimpanzees'' conference, hosted by the [[Chicago Academy of Sciences]], with shifting her focus from observation of chimpanzees to a broader and more intense concern with animal-human conservation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Goodall Recalls '86 Chicago Lesson |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 August 2016 |author=Johnson, Steve |at=Section 1; p. 3}}</ref> She was the former president of [[Advocates for Animals]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Tim |title=Is Jane Goodall about to lose her post? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Telegraph |date=23 May 2008 |access-date=3 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> an organisation based in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, that campaigns against the use of animals in medical research, zoos, farming and sport.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2023 |title=Leading anthropologist and activist Jane Goodall received a Greek gift for her 89th birthday |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/03/jane-goodall-greek-gift-birthday/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |website=Greek City Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OneKind.Scot campaigns |url=https://www.onekind.scot/campaigns/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325083824/http://onekind.scot/campaigns |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2017 |website=OneKind |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref>

She was a vegetarian and advocated the diet for ethical, environmental, and health reasons. In ''The Inner World of Farm Animals'' (2009), Goodall wrote that farm animals are "far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent?"<ref>Hatkoff, Amy. 2009. ''The Inner World of Farm Animals'', p. 13.</ref> Goodall also said: "Thousands of people who say they 'love' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated with so little respect and kindness just to make more meat."<ref>{{Cite book |author-last1=Baur |author-first1=Gene |author-last2=Stone |author-first2=Gene |title=Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day |publisher=Harmony/Rodale |year=2015 |page=10 |isbn=978-1-62336-489-2}}</ref> In 2021 Goodall became a [[Veganism|vegan]] and authored a cookbook titled ''Eat Meat Less''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gwinn |first=Alison |title=Jane Goodall Shares Recipes, and a Mission |website=[[AARP]] |date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2021/jane-goodall-meatless-recipes.html |access-date=17 June 2022 |quote=A longtime vegetarian and now vegan, Goodall}}</ref>

Goodall was an outspoken environmental advocate, speaking on the effects of climate change on endangered species such as chimpanzees. Goodall, alongside her foundation, collaborated with the US [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] to use satellite imagery from the Landsat series to remedy the effects of deforestation on chimpanzees and local communities in Western Africa by offering the villagers information on how to reduce activity and preserve their environment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/satellite-data-changed-chimpanzee-conservation-efforts |title=How Satellite Data Changed Chimpanzee Conservation Efforts |last=Hille |first=Karl |date=24 January 2017 |website=NASA |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> To ensure the safe and ethical treatment of animals during ethological studies, Goodall, alongside Professor [[Marc Bekoff|Mark Bekoff]], founded the organisation Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 2000.<ref>Clayton, Philip, and Jim Schaal, editors. "Jane Goodall." ''Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Leading Scientists'', by William Phillips, Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, pp. 15–40. {{JSTOR|10.7312/clay13576.6}} Accessed 1 April 2020.</ref>

In 2008 Goodall gave a lecture entitled "Reason for Hope" at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Goodall |url=http://swanmeadschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jane-Goodall.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801231440/http://swanmeadschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jane-Goodall.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2020 |work=swanmeadschool.co.uk}}</ref> and in the same year demanded the European Union end the use of medical research on animals and ensure more funding for alternative methods of medical research.<ref>"Dr Jane Goodall appeals to EU to impose ban on animal testing". (28 May 2008). Associated Press.</ref> She described [[Edinburgh Zoo]]'s new primate enclosure as a "wonderful facility" where monkeys "are probably better off [than those] living in the wild in an area like [[Budongo Forest|Budongo]], where one in six gets caught in a wire snare, and countries like [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]], where chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas are shot for food commercially."<ref name="Times">Mike Wade, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906120137/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article3972868.ece "Zoos are best hope, says Jane Goodall".] ''The Times'', 20 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> This was in conflict with Advocates for Animals' position on captive animals.<ref name="Telegraph">Tim Walker, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080526005435/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html Is Jane Goodall about to lose her post?], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008. "She's entitled to her opinion, but our position isn't going to change. We oppose the keeping of animals in captivity for entertainment."</ref> In June that year, she resigned the presidency of the organisation which she had held since 1998, citing her busy schedule and explaining, "I just don't have time for them."<ref name="Science">Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5881/1269a "Defending captivity".] ''Science'', Vol. 320. no. 5881, p. 1269, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> Goodall was a patron of the population concern charity [[Population Matters]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population Matters Patrons |url=http://www.populationmatters.org/about/people/patrons/ |website=www.populationmatters.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625195121/http://populationmatters.org/about/people/patrons/ |archive-date=25 June 2014 }}</ref> and {{as of|2017|lc=y}} was an ambassador for [[Disneynature]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bears: Production Notes |url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/bears/writen-material/bears534831541c35e.pdf |website=The Walt Disney Company |publisher=The Walt Disney Studios |access-date=6 June 2014 |page=20 |archive-date=11 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711031706/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/bears/writen-material/bears534831541c35e.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010 Goodall, through the Jane Goodall Institute, formed a coalition with a number of organisations such as the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] (WCS) and the [[Humane Society of the United States]] (HSUS) and petitioned to list all chimpanzees, including those that are captive, as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/petition-fws-endangered-chimpanzees.pdf |title=Petition Before the Fish and Wildlife Service |website=Humane Society |date=16 March 2010 |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803062228/https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/petition-fws-endangered-chimpanzees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015 the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] accepted this rule and classified all chimpanzees as endangered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/science/chimpanzees-endangered-fish-and-wildlife-service.html |title=U.S. Will Call All Chimps 'Endangered' |last=St. Fleur |first=Nicholas |date=12 June 2015 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2011 she became a patron of the Australian animal protection group [[Voiceless (animal rights group)|Voiceless]]. "I have for decades been concerned about factory farming, in part because of the tremendous harm inflicted on the environment, but also because of the shocking ongoing cruelty perpetuated on millions of sentient beings."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voiceless, the animal protection institute |url=https://www.voiceless.org.au/who-we-are/jane-goodall |access-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032918/https://www.voiceless.org.au/who-we-are/jane-goodall |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012 she took on the role of challenger for the Engage in Conservation Challenge with [[The DO School]], formerly known as the D&F Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internationales Kooperationsprojekt 'Engage in Conservation' |url=http://www.janegoodall.de/internationales-kooperationsprojekt-engage-in-conservation/ |access-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312211937/http://www.janegoodall.de/internationales-kooperationsprojekt-engage-in-conservation/ |archive-date=12 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She worked with a group of aspiring social entrepreneurs to create a workshop to engage young people in conserving biodiversity, and to tackle a perceived global lack of awareness of the issue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conservation Challenge |url=http://thedoschool.org/challenges/engage-in-conservation-challenge/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815055724/http://thedoschool.org/challenges/engage-in-conservation-challenge/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2013 |access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref> In 2014 Goodall wrote to [[Air France]] executives, criticising the airline's continued transport of monkeys to laboratories. Goodall called the practise "cruel" and "traumatic" for the monkeys involved. The same year, Goodall also wrote to the US [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) to criticise maternal deprivation experiments on baby monkeys in NIH laboratories.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Meikle |first1=James |title=Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport |access-date=28 January 2015 |agency=The Guardian |date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=King |first1=Barbara |title=Still Now, Should Lab Monkeys Be Deprived Of Their Mothers? |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/09/11/347656361/still-now-should-lab-monkeys-be-deprived-of-their-mothers |access-date=28 January 2015 |agency=NPR |date=11 September 2014}}</ref>

Prior to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK general election]], she endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]'s [[Caroline Lucas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/24/celebrities-sign-statement-support-caroline-lucas-not-green-party |title=Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas – but not the Greens |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Jessica |last=Elgot |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> She was a critic of [[fox hunting]] and signed a letter to Members of Parliament in 2015 opposing the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] prime minister [[David Cameron]]'s plan to amend the [[Hunting Act 2004]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1324609-snp-to-vote-against-tories-on-fox-hunting-ban-in-england-and-wales/ |title=SNP to vote against Tories on fox hunting ban in England and Wales |work=STV |date=13 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715203740/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1324609-snp-to-vote-against-tories-on-fox-hunting-ban-in-england-and-wales/ |archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

In August 2019 Goodall was honoured for her contributions to science with a bronze sculpture in [[Midtown Manhattan]] alongside nine other women, part of the [[Statues for Equality]] project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.6sqft.com/10-bronze-sculptures-of-powerful-women-are-on-view-outside-a-midtown-office-building |title=10 bronze sculptures of powerful women are on view outside a Midtown office building |website=6sqft |language=en-US |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> In 2020 she advocated for [[ecocide]] (mass damage or destruction of nature) to be made an international crime, stating "The concept of Ecocide is long overdue. It could lead to an important change in the way people perceive – and respond to – the current environmental crisis."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporters of Ecocide Law |url=https://www.stopecocide.earth/supporters |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=Stop Ecocide International |language=en-US |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606045438/https://www.stopecocide.earth/supporters |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2021 |title=Ecocide as an international crime |url=https://una.org.uk/magazine/2021-1/ecocide-international-crime |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=UNA_UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecocide Law: The Use of Hard Law to Complement Soft Law |url=https://harvardilj.org/2021/05/ecocide-law-the-use-of-hard-law-to-complement-soft-law/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141749/https://harvardilj.org/2021/05/ecocide-law-the-use-of-hard-law-to-complement-soft-law/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, Goodall vowed to plant five million trees, part of the one trillion tree initiative founded by the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/jane-goodall-name-a-tree-deforestation-davos/ |title=To save the planet's trees, we should treat them like people |website=World Economic Forum |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>

In 2021 Goodall called on the [[European Commission]] to abolish caging of farm animals.<ref>[https://www.ciwf.eu/news/2021/02/legendary-jane-goodall-140plus-scientists-call-on-eu-to-end-cages-in-farming ''Legendary Jane Goodall & 140+ scientists call on EU to end cages in farming''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204113019/https://www.ciwf.eu/news/2021/02/legendary-jane-goodall-140plus-scientists-call-on-eu-to-end-cages-in-farming |date=4 December 2022 }} from 23. February 2021 in Ciwf.eu.</ref>

In 2021 Goodall joined the [[Rewriting Extinction]] campaign to fight the climate and biodiversity crisis through comics. She is listed as a contributor to the book ''The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World''<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World |publisher=DK |year=2021 |isbn=978-0241513514}}</ref> which was released on 28 October 2021 by [[DK (publisher)|DK]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DK signs Most Important Comic Book on Earth with Gervais, Delevingne and Dench |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/dk-snares-most-important-comic-book-earth-1266452 |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=The Bookseller |language=en|author-last1=Wood|author-first1=Heloise|date=29 June 2021}}</ref>

===Feeding stations===
[[File:Jane Goodall at TEDGlobal 2007-cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Goodall at [[TEDGlobal]] 2007]]
Many standard methods aim to avoid interference by observers, and in particular some believe that the use of feeding stations to attract Gombe chimpanzees has altered normal foraging and feeding patterns and [[social relation]]ships. This argument is the focus of a book published by Margaret Power in 1991.<ref name="power">Power, Margaret (1991). The Egalitarians – Human and Chimpanzee An Anthropological: View of Social Organization. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-40016-3}}.{{page needed|date=March 2017}}</ref> It has been suggested that higher levels of aggression and conflict with other chimpanzee groups in the area were due to the feeding, which could have created the "wars" between chimpanzee social groups described by Goodall, aspects of which she did not witness in the years before artificial feeding began at Gombe. Thus, some regard Goodall's observations as distortions of normal chimpanzee behaviour.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1038/nature03999 |pmid=16136128 |title=A century of getting to know the chimpanzee |journal=Nature |volume=437 |issue=7055 |pages=56–59 |year=2005 |last1=De Waal |first1=Frans B. M. |bibcode=2005Natur.437...56D |s2cid=4363065 |quote=skeptics attributed chimpanzee 'warfare' to competition over the food that researchers provided}}</ref>

Goodall herself acknowledged that feeding contributed to aggression within and between groups, but maintained that the effect was limited to alteration of the intensity and not the nature of chimpanzee conflict, and further suggested that feeding was necessary for the study to be effective at all. [[Craig Stanford]] of the [[USC Jane Goodall Research Center|Jane Goodall Research Center]] at the [[University of Southern California]] states that researchers conducting studies with no artificial provisioning have a difficult time viewing any social behaviour of chimpanzees, especially those related to inter-group conflict.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stanford |first=Craig |title=The Egalitarians – Human and Chimpanzee |publisher=International Journal of Primatology |date=Winter 1993}}</ref>

Some studies, such as those by [[Crickette Sanz]] in the [[Goualougo Triangle]] ([[Republic of the Congo]]) and [[Christophe Boesch]] in the [[Taï National Park]] ([[Ivory Coast]]), have not shown the aggression observed in the Gombe studies.<ref>Washington University Record, Vol 28 No 28, April 2004.</ref> However, other primatologists disagree that the studies are flawed; for example, Jim Moore provides a critique of Margaret Powers' assertions<ref>Jim Moore, Anthropology Department, University of California, San Diego. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014215932/http://cogprints.org/738/0/Power.html The Egalitarians – Human and Chimpanzee (book review).<!-- Bot generated title, dead link -->]. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 88: 259–262.</ref> and some studies of other chimpanzee groups have shown aggression similar to that in Gombe even in the absence of feeding.<ref>American Journal of Primatology 58:175–180 (2002), Noboyuki Kutsukake and Takahisa Matsusaka.</ref>

In an interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' in November 2017, Goodall was asked about the feeding stations and the controversy she received. Goodall acknowledged that she would not continue with feeding stations in present time as "there was absolutely no knowledge back then that chimpanzees could catch human infectious diseases".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jane-goodall-sexism-controversial-feeding-stations-science-deniers-1055417/|title=Jane Goodall on Sexism, Controversial Feeding Stations and Science Deniers|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=7 November 2017|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>

==Opinions and written works==

===Bigfoot===
Goodall was known to have supported the possibility that undiscovered species of primates may still exist, including [[List of cryptids|cryptids]] such as [[Sasquatch]], [[Yeren]] and other types of [[Bigfoot]]. She talked about this possibility in various interviews and debates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerlach |first1=David |date=28 March 2015 |title=Why Jane Goodall Believes in Bigfoot (Video) |url=https://www.livescience.com/50295-video-why-jane-goodall-believes-in-bigfoot.html |publisher=[[Live Science]] |agency=[[Future plc]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6469070?storyId=6469070 |website=[[NPR]] | date=10 November 2006 }}</ref><ref name="NPR">{{cite web |author=Flatow, Ira |author-link=Ira Flatow |date=27 September 2002 |title=Transcript of Dr. Jane Goodall's Comments on NPR Regarding Sasquatch |url=http://www.bfro.net/news/GoodallTranscript.asp |access-date=14 October 2016 |publisher=Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization |via=[[NPR|National Public Radio]]'s ''Science Friday''}}</ref> In 2012, when the [[HuffPost|''Huffington Post'']] asked her about it, Goodall replied: "I'm fascinated and would actually love them to exist," adding, "Of course, it's strange that there has never been a single authentic hide or hair of the Bigfoot, but I've read all the accounts."<ref>{{cite news |last=Moye |first=David |date=1 October 2012 |title=Jane Goodall 'Fascinated' by Bigfoot (Video) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/jane-goodall-bigfoot_n_1927876.html |access-date=7 August 2013 |newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref>

===Religion and spirituality===
Goodall was raised in a Christian [[Congregationalism|congregationalist]] family. As a young woman, she took night classes in [[Theosophy]]. Her family were occasional churchgoers, but Goodall began attending more regularly as a teenager when the church appointed a new minister, Trevor Davies. "He was highly intelligent and his sermons were powerful and thought-provoking... I could have listened to his voice for hours... I fell madly in love with him... Suddenly, no one had to encourage me to go to church. Indeed, there were never enough services for my liking." Of her later discovery of the atheism and agnosticism of many of her scientific colleagues, Goodall wrote that "[f]ortunately, by the time I got to Cambridge I was twenty-seven years old and my beliefs had already moulded so that I was not influenced by these opinions."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goodall |first1=Jane |title=Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey |date=1999 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |isbn=0-446-93042-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2q6cOl-zY5wC&q=reason+for+hope+congregational+church+jane+goodall&pg=PT29}}</ref>

In ''Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey'' (1999), Goodall described the implications of a [[mystical experience]] she had at [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] in 1977: "Since I cannot believe that this was the result of chance, I have to admit anti-chance. And so I must believe in a guiding power in the universe – in other words, I must believe in God."<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Goodall |first1=Jane |title=Dr. Goodall's thoughts on the fire of Notre Dame |url=https://news.janegoodall.org/2019/04/15/dr-goodalls-thoughts-on-the-fire-of-notre-dame/ |website=Jane Goodall Institute |date=15 April 2019 |access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> When asked if she believes in God, Goodall said in September 2010: "I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I'm out in nature. It's just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me."<ref>Jane Goodall's Questions & Answers, ''Reader's Digest'', p. 128, September 2010</ref> When asked in the same year if she still considers herself a Christian, Goodall told ''The Guardian'': "I suppose so; I was raised as a Christian." She stated further that she saw no contradiction between [[Theistic evolution|evolution and belief in God]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Stephen |title=Jane Goodall: 'My job is to give people hope' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jan/13/jane-goodall |access-date=30 April 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2010}}</ref>

In her foreword to the 2017 book ''The Intelligence of the Cosmos'' by [[Ervin Laszlo]], a philosopher of science who advocates [[quantum consciousness]] theory, Goodall wrote: "we must accept that there is an Intelligence driving the process [of [[evolution]]], that the Universe and life on Earth are inspired and in-formed by an unknown and unknowable Creator, a Supreme Being, a Great Spiritual Power."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Laszlo |first1=Ervin |author-link1=Ervin László |title=The Intelligence of the Cosmos |date=2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=Foreword |isbn=978-1-62055-732-7 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3goDwAAQBAJ&q=Jane+Goodall+forward+ervin+laszlo}}</ref>

===''Seeds of Hope''===
In 2013 Goodall wrote the book ''Seeds of Hope'' with Gail Hudson, which examined the critical role that trees and plants play in our world. However, [[Hachette Book Group]] did not release the book due to the discovery of plagiarised portions.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0323/Jane-Goodall-apologizes-for-plagiarizing-in-new-book  | last=Italie | first=Hillel | agency=[[Associated Press]] | title=Jane Goodall apologizes for plagiarizing in new book | work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] | date=23 March 2013}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' had found unattributed sections that were copied from websites about organic tea and tobacco and an "amateurish astrology site", as well as from Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite news  | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/9944189/Dame-Jane-Goodall-admits-parts-of-book-were-lifted-from-online.html | last=Swaine | first=Jon | title=Dame Jane Goodall admits parts of book were lifted from online | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=20 March 2013}}</ref> Goodall apologised and stated, "It is important to me that the proper sources are credited, and I will be working diligently with my team to address all areas of concern. My goal is to ensure that when this book is released it is not only up to the highest of standards, but also that the focus be on the crucial messages it conveys."<ref>Flood, Alison. "[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/25/jane-goodall-book-accused-plagiarising-wikipedia Jane Goodall book held back after accusations of plagiarism]." ''The Guardian'', 25 March 2013. Accessed 24 June 2013.</ref>

The book was released on 1 April 2014, after review and the addition of 57 pages of endnotes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levingston |first=Steven |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/04/02/jane-goodalls-seeds-of-hope-reissued-a-year-after-being-pulled-from-shelves-2/ |title=Jane Goodall's 'Seeds of Hope' reissued a year after being pulled from shelves |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2 April 2014 |access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> After the release, Goodall blamed her "chaotic note taking" for the plagiarism accusations and revised the book after the allegations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/01/jane-goodall-seeds-of-hope-plagiarism |title=Jane Goodall blames 'chaotic note taking' for plagiarism controversy |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 March 2024 |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Goodall was married twice. On 28 March 1964 she married Baron [[Hugo van Lawick]], a Dutch nobleman and wildlife photographer, at [[Chelsea Old Church]], London. She was known during their marriage as [[Baroness]] Jane van Lawick-Goodall.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simone |first=Morgan |date=10 December 2019 |title=Interesting facts about Jane Goodall |url=https://www.geekycamel.com/interesting-facts-jane-goodall/ |access-date=18 July 2020 |website=Geeky Camel |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719034645/https://www.geekycamel.com/interesting-facts-jane-goodall/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The couple had a son, Hugo (nicknamed "Grub"), born in 1967. Goodall and Van Lawick divorced in 1974. The following year, she married [[Derek Bryceson]], a former member of [[National Assembly (Tanzania)|Tanzania's parliament]] and the director of that country's [[national park]]s. Bryceson died of cancer in October 1980. Owing to his position in the Tanzanian government as head of the country's national park system, Bryceson was able to protect Goodall's research project and implement an embargo on tourism at Gombe.<ref name="GreatApes">{{Cite book |last=Montgomery |first=Sy |author-link=Sy Montgomery |url=https://archive.org/details/walkingwithgreat00mont/page/125 |title=Walking With the Great Apes |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-395-51597-6 |location=Boston, MA |pages=[https://archive.org/details/walkingwithgreat00mont/page/125 125–126]}}</ref>

Goodall stated that dogs, and not the chimps she studied, were her favourite animal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/jane-goodall-my-favourite-animal-is-a-dog/article575777/ |title=Jane Goodall: 'My favourite animal is a dog' |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Zosia |last=Bielski |date=7 April 2011 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> She had been diagnosed with [[prosopagnosia]], which made it difficult to recognise familiar faces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/23/health/gallery/notable-prosopagnosia/index.html |title=Photos: The faces of those who don't recognize faces |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=23 May 2013}}</ref> She lived in [[Bournemouth]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2025 |title=Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee expert, dies aged 91 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/1/jane-goodall-conservationist-and-chimpanzee-expert-dies-aged-91 |access-date=2 October 2025 |website=[[Al Jazeera English]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Death and tributes===
Goodall died in her sleep of [[cardiac arrest]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2025 |title=Jane Goodall's Cause of Death Revealed After She Was Found Dead in Her Sleep on Speaking Tour |url=https://people.com/jane-goodall-cause-of-death-revealed-as-cardiac-arrest-after-being-found-in-her-sleep-11823372 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251209112044/https://people.com/jane-goodall-cause-of-death-revealed-as-cardiac-arrest-after-being-found-in-her-sleep-11823372 |archive-date=December 9, 2025 |access-date=March 14, 2026 |website=People}}</ref> while staying at the home of a friend in [[Beverly Hills, California]], on 1 October 2025, at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Abigail |last2=PEOPLE |last3=Guidelines |first3=PEOPLE com People Editorial |title=Jane Goodall's Cause of Death Revealed After She Was Found Dead in Her Sleep on Speaking Tour |url=https://people.com/jane-goodall-cause-of-death-revealed-as-cardiac-arrest-after-being-found-in-her-sleep-11823372 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> She had been on a [[Public speaking|speaking tour]] in the United States.<ref name="NBCobit" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/science/earth/jane-goodall-dead.html |last1=Schneider |first1=Keith |title=Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 October 2025}}</ref> Her death occurred 45 years to the day of her husband Bryceson's. 

Following her death, tributes were paid by prominent figures including [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]], and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Flam |first=Charna |date=1 October 2025 |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Pay Tribute to Jane Goodall After Her Death at 91 |url=https://people.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-pay-tribute-to-jane-goodall-after-her-death-at-91-11822828 |access-date=2 October 2025 |work=People}}</ref> the former US vice president [[Al Gore]];<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1973614585484812439 |user=algore |title=Today, we lost a giant in the struggle for a better future, Jane Goodall. I deeply admired her advocacy for our natural world, which was both fearless and tireless. Her groundbreaking research helped increase humanity's understanding of and respect for the animal kingdom and our natural world — and our understanding of ourselves. Jane could command a room with her wisdom and inspire a global movement with her compassion. I am proud to have called her a friend and will miss her terribly. May she rest in peace and may we all strive to continue her important work.}}</ref> the former Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]], the comedian [[Ellen DeGeneres]], the actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Hannah |date=2 October 2025 |title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Trudeau and Ellen DeGeneres pay tribute to Dame Jane Goodall |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/leonardo-dicaprio-dame-tanzania-justin-trudeau-ellen-degeneres-b2837669.html |access-date=2 October 2025 |work=The Independent}}</ref> and [[António Guterres]], [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=de Guzman |first=Chad |date=2 October 2025 |title=Global Activists, Celebrities, Politicians Pay Tribute to Jane Goodall |url=https://time.com/7322529/jane-goodall-death-tributes-remembrances-activists-celebrities-politicians/ |access-date=2 October 2025 |magazine=Time}}</ref>

In October 2025 [[Netflix]] released the first episode of ''[[Famous Last Words (TV series)|Famous Last Words]]''; in the episode, Goodall was interviewed by [[Brad Falchuk]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Michael |title=Jane Goodall's Final Interview Revealed on First Episode of Netflix's 'Famous Last Words' |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-first-famous-last-words-jane-goodall-interview-1236538084/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=3 October 2025}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
[[Stevie Nicks]]'s song "Jane", written in 1990, celebrates Goodall's life and work. It is the last track on Nicks's 1994 ''[[Street Angel (album)|Street Angel]]'' album.<ref>"[https://stevienicks.info/music/stevie-nicks-street-angel-1994/jane/ Jane]" at stevienicks.info. "[https://stevienicks.info/1991/10/16/a-song-to-help-chimps/ A Song to Help Chimps]" at stevienicks.info. Originally appeared in ''USA Today'' 16 October 1991.</ref><ref>Steve Morse, "[https://stevienicks.info/1994/06/17/stevie-nicks-angel-on-her-own/ Stevie Nicks, 'Angel' on her own]", at stevienicks.info. Originally appeared in the ''Boston Globe'', 17 June 1994.</ref>

On 3 March 2022, in celebration of [[Women's History Month]] and [[International Women's Day]], the [[Lego Group]] issued set number 40530, ''A Jane Goodall Tribute'', depicting a Goodall [[Lego minifigure|minifigure]] and three chimpanzees in an African forest scene.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2022 |title=LEGO 40530 Jane Goodall Tribute GWP revealed for International Women's Day 2022! |url=https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-40530-jane-goodall-tribute-gwp-revealed-for-international-womens-day-2022/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=Jay's Brick Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022 [[Mattel]] released a [[Barbie]]-themed Goodall doll from [[recycled plastic]] in field attire with binoculars and a notebook. According to Mattel, the doll was made in recognition of Goodall's "decades of dedication, ground-breaking research, and heroic achievements as a conservationist, animal behavior expert, and activist".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Jane Goodall Barbie Inspiring Women Doll |url=https://creations.mattel.com/en-pl/products/dr-jane-goodall-barbie-inspiring-women-doll-hcb82 |access-date=1 October 2025 |publisher=Mattel}}</ref>

===Gary Larson cartoon incident===
In 1987 [[Gary Larson]] published a ''[[The Far Side|Far Side]]'' cartoon of two chimpanzees grooming, in which one discovers a blonde hair and says, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"<ref name="Strange Legacy">{{Cite news |url=http://comicsalliance.com/tribute-gary-larson-far-side/ |title=The Strange Legacy of Gary Larson's 'The Far Side' |work=ComicsAlliance |date=14 August 2015 |access-date=20 August 2016 |author=Chris Sims}}</ref> The Jane Goodall Institute called the cartoon an "atrocity" in a letter drafted by its lawyers to Larson and his syndicate. Goodall, who was in Africa at the time, later found the cartoon amusing.<ref name="farside">Larson, Gary. ''The Prehistory of the Far Side: a 10th-anniversary exhibit''. Kansas City, MO: Andrew and McNeel, 1989. {{ISBN|0-8362-1851-5}}.</ref> She went on to name it her favourite depiction of herself in pop culture.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=Patt |date=18 July 2009 |title=Chimp change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-chimp-change/182161880/ |access-date=1 October 2025 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=17}}</ref>

Larson offered profits from sales of a shirt featuring the cartoon to the Jane Goodall Institute.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 1990 |title=Chimps in the mist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-chimps-in-the-mist/182161749/ |access-date=1 October 2025 |work=The Sacramento Union |pages=104}}</ref> Goodall wrote the preface to ''The Far Side Gallery 5'', detailing her version of the controversy.<ref>Larson, Gary. ''The Far Side Gallery 5''. Kansas City, MO: Andrew and McNeel, 1995. ({{ISBN|0-8362-0425-5}}).</ref> She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. In 1988 Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania.<ref name="farside"/> While there, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.<ref name="Strange Legacy"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Extra: Frodo @ National Geographic Magazine |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0304/feature4/online_extra2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227200328/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0304/feature4/online_extra2.html |archive-date=27 December 2011 |access-date=1 October 2025 |website=ngm.nationalgeographic.com}}</ref>

===Television and film===
''[[The Simpsons]]'' parodied Goodall in the 2001 episode "[[Simpson Safari]]", in which the scientist researcher Dr Joan Bushwell was written as an indirect parody of her.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sturrock |first1=Leanne |title=Celebrate The 83rd Birthday of Legendary Primatologist, Jane Goodall |url=https://www.thegreatprojects.com/blog/celebrate-the-83rd-birthday-of-legendary-primatologist-jane-goodall |access-date=1 October 2025 |work=The Great Projects |date=3 April 2017}}</ref> She voiced herself on the episode "[[Gorillas on the Mast]]" in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sokol |first1=Tony |title=The Simpsons Season 31 Episode 5 Review: Gorillas on the Mast |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-31-episode-5-review-gorillas-on-the-mast/ |access-date=1 October 2025 |work=[[Den of Geek]] |date=4 November 2019}}</ref>

Goodall also voiced herself in ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' episode "The Trouble with Darwin" where she is portrayed as visiting a chimpanzee sanctuary in Tanzania.<ref name="thornberry">{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=1 October 2025 |title=Jane Goodall Dies: Pioneering Chimpanzee Researcher And Animal Advocate Was 91 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/10/jane-goodall-dead-1236567674/ |access-date=2 October 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2017 |title=8 Defining Facts About Jane Goodall |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502468/8-defining-facts-about-jane-goodall |access-date=2 October 2025 |website=Mental Floss |language=en-US}}</ref> The episode was later adapted into a children's book by Kiki Thorpe.

In February 2021 [[Apple TV+]] ordered ''[[Jane (American TV series)|Jane]]'', a live action/animation hybrid educational children's television programme which was created by [[J. J. Johnson (producer)|J. J. Johnson]] co-produced by [[Sinking Ship Entertainment]] and the Jane Goodall Institute based on Goodall's missions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |title=Apple TV+ Expands Kids Slate With ''Jane'', Live-Action Inspired By Jane Goodall |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/apple-tv-expands-kids-slate-jane-live-action-1234688961/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=20 January 2023 |date=8 February 2021}}</ref> It ran for three series, and Goodall appeared as herself in its twentieth and final episode, which aired on 18 April 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|title=Apple TV+ Unveils 'Jane' S3, Featuring Special Appearance by Dr. Goodall|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/apple-tv-unveils-jane-s3-featuring-special-appearance-by-dr-goodall/|date=13 March 2025|access-date=13 March 2025|website=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref>

In October 2025, following Goodall's death, it was announced that a documentary about her life was being worked on by the filmmaker [[Richard Ladkani]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=13 October 2025 |title=Documentary In The Works On Jane Goodall From Filmmaker Richard Ladkani, Director Of Oscar Contender 'Yanuni' |url=https://deadline.com/2025/10/jane-goodall-documentary-and-yanuni-trailer-1236583303/ |access-date=13 October 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
{{Further|List of awards and honours received by Jane Goodall}}
[[File:Jane Goodall sharing the magical wonders of water and wetlands with children on Martha's Vineyard.jpg|thumb|upright|Goodall teaching about wetlands in [[Martha's Vineyard]], US, 2006]]

Goodall received many honours for her environmental and humanitarian work, as well as others. In the [[1995 New Year Honours]], she was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) "for services to zoology",<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53893|supp=y|page=1|date=30 December 1994}}</ref> and in the [[2003 Birthday Honours]], promoted to [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the same Order]] (DBE) "for services to the environment and conservation".<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56963|supp=y|page=24|date=14 June 2003}}</ref> The investiture to damehood was held at [[Buckingham Palace]] in 2004.<ref>[http://www.janegoodall.org/media/news/dame-jane-goodall Dame Jane Goodall Receives Appointment in Buckingham Palace Ceremony]. ''Jane Goodall Institute'', 20 February 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2011.</ref> In April 2002 Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] named Goodall a [[United Nations Messengers of Peace|United Nations Messenger of Peace]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2002 |title=Renowned scientist Jane Goodall named UN Messenger of Peace {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2002/04/32562 |access-date=9 October 2025 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref> Her other honours included the [[Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement]], the French [[Legion of Honour]], [[Order of the Torch of Kilimanjaro]] of Tanzania, Japan's prestigious [[Kyoto Prize]], the [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] in [[Biology|Life Science]], the [[Gandhi-King Award]] for Nonviolence and the Spanish [[Prince of Asturias Awards]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}

Goodall received many tributes, honours and awards from local governments, schools, institutions, and charities around the world. Goodall was honoured by [[The Walt Disney Company]] with a plaque on the [[The Tree of Life (Disney)|Tree of Life]] at [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]] theme park, alongside a carving of her beloved David Greybeard, the original chimpanzee that approached Goodall during her first year at Gombe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://adisney.go.com/disneyhand/environmentality/environment/pdfs/wcfdoc.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327000457/http://adisney.go.com/disneyhand/environmentality/environment/pdfs/wcfdoc.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009 |title=Disney's Commitment to Conservation |publisher=Disney |year=2005 |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref> She was a member of both the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valerie Jane Goodall |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/valerie-jane-goodall |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Jane+Goodall&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

In 2010 [[Dave Matthews]] and [[Tim Reynolds]] held a benefit concert at [[DAR Constitution Hall]] in Washington, D.C., to commemorate "Gombe 50: a global celebration of Jane Goodall's pioneering chimpanzee research and inspiring vision for our future".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janegoodall.org/an-evening-with-Jane-Goodall-Dave-Matthews-and-Tim-Reynolds |title=Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Benefit Concert |publisher=The Jane Goodall Institute |access-date=20 July 2010}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named Goodall as one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567774/jane-goodall/ |title=Jane Goodall |first=Leonardo |last=DiCaprio |author-link=Leonardo DiCaprio |magazine=Time |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218181110/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567774/jane-goodall/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2021, she received the [[Templeton Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/20/naturalist-jane-goodall-wins-2021-templeton-prize-for-lifes-work |title=Naturalist Jane Goodall wins 2021 Templeton prize for life's work|first1=Harriet |last1=Sherwood |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2021}}</ref>

On 31 December 2021 Goodall was the guest editor of the [[BBC Radio Four]] ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]'' programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio and BBC Sounds deliver listening delights and superlative soundtracks this Christmas |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/christmas-radio-2021/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |date=31 December 2021 |title=Dr Jane Goodall's Today Programme |series=Best of Today |station=[[BBC Radio 4]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bdrxby |access-date=4 October 2025}}</ref> She chose [[Francis Collins]] to be presenter of [[Thought for the Day]].<ref>{{cite episode |date=31 December 2021 |title=Francis Collins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bdrbhs |access-date=4 October 2025 |series=[[Thought for the Day]] |station=[[BBC Radio 4]]}}</ref>

In 2022 Goodall received the [[Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication]] for her long-term study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1091782/ | title=STARMUS VI: World's foremost expert on chimpanzees awarded with Stephen Hawking Medal | date=5 September 2022 | work=[[Armenpress]]}}</ref>

In April 2023, Goodall was awarded as [[Order of Orange-Nassau|Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau]] in a ceremony in [[The Hague]], the Netherlands.<ref name="Trouw_2023">{{cite web | title=Koninklijke onderscheiding voor bioloog Jane Goodall | website=[[Trouw]] | date=29 April 2023 | url=https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4713032/staande-ovatie-en-koninklijke-onderscheiding-voor-beroemde-biologe-jane-goodall | language=nl | access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="NOS.nl 2023 m164">{{cite web | title=Lintje voor Jane Goodall, die al 60 jaar strijdt voor apen en natuur | website=NOS.nl | date=29 April 2023 | url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2473295-lintje-voor-jane-goodall-die-al-60-jaar-strijdt-voor-apen-en-natuur | language=nl | access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>

In October 2024 Goodall gave "A Speech for History" at [[UNESCO]].<ref name="unesco_2024">{{cite web | title=Dr Jane Goodall gives 'A Speech for History' at UNESCO | website=[[UNESCO]] | date=22 October 2024 | url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/dr-jane-goodall-gives-speech-history-unesco | access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>

In January 2025 Goodall was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by US President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lavelle |first=Daniel |date=4 January 2025 |title=Bono, Anna Wintour and Jane Goodall receive Presidential Medals of Freedom |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/04/bono-anna-wintour-jane-goodall-receive-biden-presidential-medals-of-freedom |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In December 2025, [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] posthumously gave her their "Person of the Year" award, commemorating her "legacy of kindness."<ref>Ed Chatterton, "[https://www.montanarightnow.com/national_news/peta-names-jane-goodall-person-of-the-year-for-2025/article_5f11e07f-9456-536d-a84d-17f01c974cca.html PETA names Jane Goodall ‘person of the year’ for 2025]," Talker News, 5 December 2025.</ref>

==Works==
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===Books===
'''Sources:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/dr-jane-goodall-life-and-work|title=Dr. Jane Goodall: 15 Books by Dr. Jane Goodall|publisher=Master Class|date=7 June 2021|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.janegoodall.org/category/jgi/books-for-adults|title=Books|publisher=Jane Goodall.org|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>
* '''1969:''' ''My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees''. Washington, DC: [[National Geographic Society]].
* '''1971:''' ''Innocent Killers'' (with H. van Lawick). Boston: [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]]; London: [[HarperCollins|Collins]].
* '''1971:''' ''In the Shadow of Man''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Collins. Published in 48 languages.
* '''1986:''' ''The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior''. Boston: [[Harvard University Press|Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press]]. Published also in Japanese and Russian. R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Technical, Scientific or Medical book of 1986, to Bellknap Press of Harvard University Press, Boston. The Wildlife Society (USA) Award for "Outstanding Publication in Wildlife Ecology and Management"
* '''1990:''' ''Through a Window: 30 Years Observing the Gombe Chimpanzees''. London: [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]]; Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Translated into more than 15 languages. 1991 [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] edition, UK. [[American Library Association]] "Best" list among Nine Notable Books (Nonfiction) for 1991.
* '''1991:''' ''Visions of Caliban'' (co-authored with Dale Peterson, PhD). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. [[New York Times]] "Notable Book" for 1993. ''[[Library Journal]]'' "Best Sci-Tech Book" for 1993.
* '''1999:''' ''Brutal Kinship'' (with [[Michael Nichols (photographer)|Michael Nichols]]). New York: [[Aperture Foundation]]'
* '''1999:''' ''Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey'' (with Phillip Berman). New York: [[Grand Central Publishing|Warner Books, Inc.]] Translated into Japanese and Portuguese.
* '''2000:''' ''40 Years at Gombe''. New York: [[Abrams Books|Stewart, Tabori, and Chang]].
* '''2000:''' ''Africa In My Blood'' (edited by Dale Peterson). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
* '''2001:''' ''Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters, the Later Years'' (edited by Dale Peterson). New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. {{ISBN|0-618-12520-5}} .
* '''2002:''' ''The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love'' (with [[Marc Bekoff]]). San Francisco: [[Harper San Francisco]].
* '''2005:''' ''Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating''. New York: Warner Books, Inc. {{ISBN|0-446-53362-9}}.
* '''2009:''' ''Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink'' Grand Central Publishing. {{ISBN|0-446-58177-1}}.
* '''2013:''' ''Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants'' (with Gail Hudson) Grand Central Publishing. {{ISBN|1-4555-1322-9}}.
* '''2021:''' ''The Book of Hope'', with Douglas Abrams and Gail Hudson, [[Viking Press|Viking]]<ref>''[[The New Statesman]]'', 15–21 October 2021, p. 40, review by Philippa Nuttall</ref>

====Children's books====
'''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.janegoodall.org/category/jgi/books-for-children?sort=ItemIDDesc&&pi=2|title=Children's Books|publisher=Jane Goodall.org|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>
* '''1972:''' ''Grub: The Bush Baby'' (with H. van Lawick). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
* '''1988:''' ''My Life with the Chimpanzees''. New York: [[Byron Preiss|Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc]]. Translated into French, Japanese and Chinese. Parenting's Reading-Magic Award for Outstanding Book for Children, 1989.
* '''1989:''' ''The Chimpanzee Family Book'' Saxonville: Picture Book Studio; Munich: Neugebauer Press; London: Picture Book Studio. Translated into more than 15 languages, including Japanese and [[Swahili language|Swahili]]. The [[UNICEF]] Award for the best children's book of 1989. Austrian state prize for best children's book of 1990.
* '''1989:''' ''Jane Goodall's Animal World: Chimps''. New York: [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]].
* '''1989:''' ''Animal Family Series: Chimpanzee Family; Lion Family; Elephant Family; Zebra Family; Giraffe Family; Baboon Family; Hyena Family; Wildebeest Family''. Toronto: Madison Marketing Ltd.
* '''1994:''' ''With Love'', New York; London: North-South Books. Translated into German, French, Italian, and Japanese.
* '''1999:''' ''Dr. White'' (illustrated by Julie Litty). New York: North-South Books.
* '''2000:''' ''The Eagle & the Wren'' (illustrated by [[Alexander Reichstein]]). New York: North-South Books.
* '''2001:''' ''Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours''. New York: [[Scholastic Press]].
* '''2002:''' (Foreword) ''"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth'' by [[Eric Carle]]. [[Philomel Books]].
* '''2004:''' ''Rickie and Henri: A True Story'' (with Alan Marks). [[Penguin Group|Penguin Young Readers Group]].

===Films===
Goodall is the subject of more than 40 films:<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|author=I.M.|title=Not just another film about Jane Goodall|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/10/human-touch|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.janegoodall.org/category/jgi/dvds-and-other-media|title=DVDs and Other Media|publisher=Jane Goodall|access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref>
* '''1965:''' ''Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees''. [[National Geographic Society]].
* '''1973:''' ''Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa'' with Hugo van Lawick.
* '''1975:''' ''Miss Goodall: The Hyena Story'': The World of Animal Behavior Series [[16mm]] for [[DiscoVision]] (not released on [[LaserDisc]]).<ref>{{Cite web  | url=http://www.blam1.com/DiscoVision/Informational/51-003.htm | title=''Miss Goodall: The Hyena Story'' | year=1979}}</ref>
* '''1976:''' "Lions of the Serengeti", an episode of ''[[The World About Us]]'' on [[BBC Two|BBC2]].
* '''1984:''' ''Among the Wild Chimpanzees''. National Geographic Special.
* '''1988:''' ''People of the Forest'' with Hugo van Lawick.
* '''1990:''' ''Chimpanzee Alert'' in the Nature Watch Series, [[Central Television (United Kingdom)|Central Television]].
* '''1990:''' ''The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall''. National Geographic Society.
* '''1990:''' ''The Gombe Chimpanzees''. Bavarian Television.
* '''1995:''' ''Fifi's Boys'' for the Natural World series for the BBC.
* '''1996:''' ''Chimpanzee Diary'' for BBC2 Animal Zone.
* '''1997:''' ''Animal Minds'' for the BBC.
* '''2000:''' ''Jane Goodall: Reason For Hope'' [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] special produced by [[Twin Cities Public Television|KTCA]].
* '''2001''' {{Scientific American Frontiers |11|8|''Chimps R Us''}}
* '''2002:''' ''Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees'' ([[IMAX]] format), in collaboration with Science North.
* '''2005:''' ''Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe'' for [[Animal Planet]].
* '''2006:''' ''Chimps, So Like Us''. [[HBO]] film nominated for 1990 [[Academy Award]].
* '''2007:''' ''When Animals Talk, We Should Listen'' theatrical documentary feature co-produced by [[Animal Planet]]
* '''2010:''' ''Jane's Journey''. Theatrical documentary feature co-produced by [[Animal Planet]].
* '''2012:''' ''[[Chimpanzee (film)|Chimpanzee]]''. Theatrical nature documentary feature co-produced by [[Disneynature]].
* '''2017:''' ''[[Jane (2017 film)|Jane]]'' biographical documentary film [[National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)|National Geographic]] Studios, in association with Public Road Productions. The film is directed and written by [[Brett Morgen]], music by [[Philip Glass]]
* '''2018:''' ''Zayed's Antarctic Lights''. Dr Goodall featured in the [[Environment Agency Abu Dhabi|Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi]] film that screened on National Geographic-Abu Dhabi and won a World Medal at the New York Film and TV Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zayed's Antarctic Lights|url=https://www.natgeotv.com/me/zayeds-antarctic-lights|access-date=19 June 2020|website=National Geographic – Videos, TV Shows & Photos – Middle East – English|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners Gallery – New York Festivals|url=https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetails/543073|access-date=19 June 2020|website=tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com}}</ref>
* '''2019:''' ''Exploring [[Hans Hass]]''. Dr Jane Goodall featured in the biographical documentary film about the legendary diving pioneer and filmmaker Hans Hass.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diagonale.at/en/filmarchiv/?fid=9315|title=Exploring Hans Hass Documentary Film, AT 2019, Farbe+SW, 100 min., 20.03. dOF / 23.03. OmeU Diagonale 2019}}</ref>
* '''2020:''' ''Jane Goodall: The Hope'', biographical documentary film, [[National Geographic]] Studios, produced by Lucky 8<ref>{{cite web | last=Sullivan | first=Ashley | title=New Doc Special THE HOPE Tells Story of Jane's Living Legacy | website=Jane Goodall&#039;s Good for All News | date=25 July 2019 | url=https://news.janegoodall.org/2019/07/25/new-doc-special-the-hope-tells-story-of-janes-living-legacy/ | access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref>
* '''2023:''' ''[[Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope]]'' is an [[IMAX]] format documentary about successful projects to restore Earth's wildlife habitat, animals, birds and environment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phoenixmag.com/2023/06/03/renowned-conservationist-jane-goodall-visits-arizona-science-center-for-documentary-debut/|title=Renowned Conservationist Jane Goodall Visits Arizona Science Center for Documentary Debut |last=Moorehead |first=M.V. |date=3 June 2023 |website=Phoenix Magazine |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{Anl|Animal faith}}
* [[Dian Fossey]] – The trimate who studied gorillas until her murder
* [[Birutė Galdikas]] – The [[The Trimates|trimate]] who dedicated herself to [[orangutan]] study
* [[List of animal rights advocates]]
* {{Anl|Nonhuman Rights Project}}
* [[Timeline of women in science]]
* {{Anl|USC Jane Goodall Research Center}}
* {{Anl|Washoe (chimpanzee)|Washoe}}
* {{Anl|Steven M. Wise}}

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