Renowned animal rights activist, anthropologist, primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, has died. She was 91.

Her death was confirmed by the Jane Goodall Institute in a post on social media on Wednesday.

“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,” the post read. “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,” it said.

The post did not say what day she died.

Considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees, Goodall’s resear

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