This week’s note is not about economics nor geopolitics but rather the inspiring Jane Goodall, who very sadly passed away in California this week. I’ve come to know her in the last five years as a ...

One of the world’s most beloved and influential primatologists and conservationists has died. Jane Goodall spent more than half a century studying chimpanzees and advocating for animal rights and ...

"Tourism, well-managed, is very important for various reasons," Dr. Goodall told T+L when speaking about the state of animal tourism. When I caught up with Dr. Jane Goodall in 2023, she was visiting ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It was 1977, in a triple-decker apartment building outside of Boston, that my love of nature was born. It was a very "unnatural" place to fall in love with the wild, but our collection of National ...

Jane Goodall, a legendary primatologist whose studies of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of apes, died Wednesday at age 91. In 1960, a 26-year-old began studying chimpanzees in East ...

The National Geographic Explorer dedicated her life not just to chimpanzees, but global conservation. Jane Goodall studied the chimpanzees of Gombe starting in 1960, making hers the longest field ...

Over the years, Mongabay staff and contributors have conducted numerous interviews with Jane Goodall. The following is a recap of her ideas and reflections, organized by theme. A list of the ...

Dr. Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, known simply as Jane Goodall, was born on April 3, 1934 in Bournemouth, England and died on October 1, 2025 at the age of 91. There are many words that describe her, ...

One of the world’s most beloved and influential primatologists and conservationists has died. Jane Goodall spent more than half a century studying chimpanzees and advocating for animal rights and ...