LOS ANGELES, California, October 1, 2025 (ENS) – Dr. Jane Goodall, famed chimpanzee scientist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, died of natural causes Wednesday at the age of 91. Born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall in London, England, she was best known to the world as Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist. (Photo courtesy Jane Goodall Institute)She pioneered and sustained the Jane Goodall Institute’s community-centered conservation initiatives across the chimpanzee range for decades. (Photo courtesy Jane Goodall Institute)In 1963, “National Geographic” magazine published the first cover story about Dr. Goodall and her research. Dr. Jane Goodall holds a chimpanzee in Uganda, where she took part in celebrations marking 25 years of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.