British conservationist and chimpanzee expert Dame Jane Goodall has died aged 91, The Jane Goodall Institute said. In a statement released on Wednesday, it said: "The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States. Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world."

She was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after spending over 60 years studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Born in London in 1934, she was just 2

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