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In Pictures: Jane Goodall — A life devoted to chimpanzees and conservation

After a lifetime of championing our closest relatives and the planet they inhabit, the legendary Jane Goodall has swung into the great beyond at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy that even the chimps would applaud.
In Pictures: Jane Goodall — A life devoted to chimpanzees and conservation British primatologist Jane Goodall poses with ‘Mr H’ in Paris during a photo session on 18 October 2024. (Photo: JOEL SAGET / AFP)
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Dr Jane Goodall with alpha male Figan at Gombe National Park in Tanzania (Photo: JGI / Derek Bryceson)
Dr Jane Goodall with alpha male Figan at Gombe National Park in Tanzania (Photo: JGI / Derek Bryceson)
A young Jane Goodall with baby chimpanzee Flint at Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. (Photo: Hugo van Lawick / JGI)
A young Jane Goodall with baby chimpanzee Flint at Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. (Photo: Hugo van Lawick / JGI)
In her early days at Gombe, Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. (Photo: JGI / Jane Goodall)
In her early days at Gombe, Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. (Photo: JGI / Jane Goodall)
Jane Goodall watches young Gaia groom her mother Gremlin who cradles her newborn twins, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, 1998. (Photo: Kristin J. Mosher)
Jane Goodall watches young Gaia groom her mother Gremlin who cradles her newborn twins, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, 1998. (Photo: Kristin J. Mosher)
Jane Goodall with orang utan Pureri at Perth Zoo, Australia, on 30 September 2008 as part of her Hope for Nature lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand. (Photo: EPA / Jo Pritchard)
Dr Jane Goodall at Perth Zoo, Australia, 30 September 2008. Dr Goodall was in Perth as part of her 'Hope for Nature' lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand. (Photo: EPA / JO PRICHARD)
English primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall observes gorillas after she unveiled Hungarian primatologist Geza Teleik's plaque in the Ape’s House of the Budapest Zoo, Hungary, on 15 June 2015. (Photo: EPA / Attila Kovacs)
English primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall observes gorillas after she unveiled Hungarian primatologist Géza Teleik's plaque in the Ape's House of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, 15 June 2015. (Photo: EPA / Attila Kovacs)
British primatologist Jane Goodall visits at Monarto Zoo, near Adelaide, South Australia, on 15 May 2019. (Photo: EPA / David Mariuz)
British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during her visit at Monarto Zoo, near Adelaide, South Australia, 15 May 2019. World-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall was in South Australia to announce the pregnancy of one of Monarto Zoo's chimpanzees. (Photo: EPA / DAVID MARIUZ)
Leading primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall interacts with a gorilla through a glass window at Melbourne Zoo, Australia. (Photo: EPA / Julian Smith)
Leading primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall interacting with a gorilla through a glass window at Melbourne Zoo, Australia (reissued 01 October 2025). (Photo: EPA / JULIAN SMITH)
British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall poses at the City Council of Malaga before offering a conference entitled Hope in Action on 2 May 2025. EPA/JORGE ZAPATA
British ethologist and environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall poses at the City Council of Malaga before offering a conference entitled 'Hope in Action', Malaga, southern Spain, 2 May 2025. (Photo: EPA / JORGE ZAPATA)
The poster for the A Word for History conference organised by Unesco for British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on 19 October 2024. Goodall was preparing to celebrate her 90th birthday and more than 60 years of service to the protection of the environment and great apes. EPA/YOAN VALAT
The poster for the 'A Word for History' conference organised by Unesco for British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall at the headquarters of Unesco in Paris, 19 October 2024. (Photo: EPA / YOAN VALAT)
Jane Goodall attends the Time 100 Summit 2019 on 23 April 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME)
Dr Jane Goodall attends the TIME 100 Summit 2019 on 23 April 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Craig Barritt / Getty Images for TIME)
Ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on 4 January 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
Ethologist and conservationist Dr Jane Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then US president Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on 4 January 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Tom Brenner / Getty Images)
Jane Goodall speaks onstage at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at The Plaza Hotel on 24 September 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Jane Goodall speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at the Plaza Hotel on 24 September 2025 in New York City. (Photo: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Jane Goodall scans the treetops for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park on 14 July 2010, the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Gombe. (Photo: Chase Pickering / JGI)
Jane Goodall scans the treetops for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park on 14 July 2010, the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Gombe. (Photo: Chase Pickering / JGI)
British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview after her lecture titled Reason for Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 January 2013. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa / EPA)
British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview after her lecture titled Reason for Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 January 2013. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa / EPA)
Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall. (Photo: EPA-EFE / David Mariuz)
Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall. (Photo: EPA-EFE / David Mariuz)
Local researchers discuss sustainable development in Africa with ethologist Dr Jane Goodall at the Origin Centre, Wits University, 21 February 2024. (Photo: Julia Evans)
Local researchers discuss sustainable development in Africa with ethologist Dr Jane Goodall at the Origin Centre, Wits University, 21 February 2024. (Photo: Julia Evans)
Jane Goodall holds a turtle at La Tahonilla wildlife rehabilitation centre in La Laguna, Tenerife island, Canary Islands, Spain, on 24 November 2023. (Photo: Miguel Barreto / EPA-EFE)
Jane Goodall holds a turtle at La Tahonilla wildlife rehabilitation centre in La Laguna, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain, on 24 November 2023. (Photo: Miguel Barreto / EPA-EFE)
Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. Image: EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr Jane Goodall, speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. (Photo: EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA)
Jane Goodall speaks on stage at the 16th Annual Artists For Peace And Justice Fundraiser During Toronto International Film Festival at Casa Loma on 8 September 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Vito Amati/Getty Images for Artists for Peace & Justice)
Jane Goodall speaks at the 16th Annual Artists for Peace and Justice Fundraiser during the Toronto International Film Festival at Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo: Vito Amati / Getty Images for Artists for Peace & Justice) DM

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(Photo: Hugo van Lawick / JGI)' title=' A young Jane Goodall with baby chimpanzee Flint at Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. (Photo: Hugo van Lawick / JGI)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Cb6WcISZCOl9eQMsYz6q6fMQMW0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-1.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ESuErRhmmsd9GNjRobFx-NzjRhM=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-1.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Ob3arI5Lpnm3G1H_OdWgPYQnwac=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tDFDgUTCiEcyNbOQSDNYm_mJ-to=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-1.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/B2exQx0TnHNPG136TuSp27nnGmI=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-1.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> A young Jane Goodall with baby chimpanzee Flint at Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. (Photo: Hugo van Lawick / JGI) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kuNkcMuH2CSd8eW2NU-noC6OMTc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg' alt='In her early days at Gombe, Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. (Photo: JGI / Jane Goodall)' title=' In her early days at Gombe, Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. (Photo: JGI / Jane Goodall)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kuNkcMuH2CSd8eW2NU-noC6OMTc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LmU8LUdI4hLdhyI3AubAG21oeOQ=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0QxXViF71MDpldxeYDR64u4pNyE=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aV3zuSmoyzJJkpqoHCaK8eM5iDU=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zrlWu0PcEv-L7qZhde35BXiNAQw=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Young-Jane-3.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> In her early days at Gombe, Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. (Photo: JGI / Jane Goodall) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KBMSu3lQ6zugmniVLfhX7gb59A8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall watches young Gaia groom her mother Gremlin who cradles her newborn twins, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, 1998. (Photo: Kristin J. Mosher)' title=' Jane Goodall watches young Gaia groom her mother Gremlin who cradles her newborn twins, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, 1998. (Photo: Kristin J. Mosher)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KBMSu3lQ6zugmniVLfhX7gb59A8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2eGSxzTNbajQW0PFhNhMJk7-exE=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Gk1CcLsFHEu754RB6a68QoEdpfM=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ijXE-_n56IIG8h8E4amIlEAC7K8=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dfOGUgzDyv9jsd_rYm3cfFXgUdo=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jane-now-1.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Jane Goodall watches young Gaia groom her mother Gremlin who cradles her newborn twins, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, 1998. (Photo: Kristin J. Mosher) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eSLZyiY7JydR-rBQqerPVqfnEt8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall with orang utan Pureri at Perth Zoo, Australia, on 30 September 2008 as part of her Hope for Nature lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand. (Photo: EPA / Jo Pritchard)' title=' Dr Jane Goodall at Perth Zoo, Australia, 30 September 2008. Dr Goodall was in Perth as part of her &#039;Hope for Nature&#039; lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand. (Photo: EPA / JO PRICHARD)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eSLZyiY7JydR-rBQqerPVqfnEt8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CZvNCleFMwK7fX34StwBhzI1rSw=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/txYb5TqWdGrVmkytMTmlD2j37xQ=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/znycIQTivUai2cysetrrLNFjBBk=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CGdae9hDxgvw_20oBkcPEp7t31I=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2343588.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Dr Jane Goodall at Perth Zoo, Australia, 30 September 2008. 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(Photo: EPA / Attila Kovacs)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/UOdCgvLcciydC1b7SH9aJvEDfE4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5414542.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_N-Kupg-3eLGxG2Kbf9DRMZRen0=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5414542.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ktV3l5wmOIbwTQqQrtPSVppt7mk=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5414542.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/AaaeXgKh2WpYmlexyj8dbRRb-kY=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5414542.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-AqCxujcLijIb4kbq0ZNDcJDE9I=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5414542.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> English primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall observes gorillas after she unveiled Hungarian primatologist Géza Teleik&#039;s plaque in the Ape&#039;s House of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, 15 June 2015. (Photo: EPA / Attila Kovacs) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6B_ManMbJHF3kypc_buSJd-4rXM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg' alt='British primatologist Jane Goodall visits at Monarto Zoo, near Adelaide, South Australia, on 15 May 2019. (Photo: EPA / David Mariuz)' title=' British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during her visit at Monarto Zoo, near Adelaide, South Australia, 15 May 2019. World-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall was in South Australia to announce the pregnancy of one of Monarto Zoo&#039;s chimpanzees. (Photo: EPA / DAVID MARIUZ)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6B_ManMbJHF3kypc_buSJd-4rXM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WxukmRq2qiCIJOhpBqS0Y2IU_9w=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8DkDLqajnreA2zTf-hR-C58u5jk=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dV1klVwzkLhjUyYrL0cMDn0-564=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aNDih6Tq1jeLMYPju8cTbi9jyts=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7936283.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during her visit at Monarto Zoo, near Adelaide, South Australia, 15 May 2019. World-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall was in South Australia to announce the pregnancy of one of Monarto Zoo&#039;s chimpanzees. (Photo: EPA / DAVID MARIUZ) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/a1wbggB3Ynw8BZjUJa1JA6DJjVI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg' alt='Leading primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall interacts with a gorilla through a glass window at Melbourne Zoo, Australia. (Photo: EPA / Julian Smith)' title=' Leading primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall interacting with a gorilla through a glass window at Melbourne Zoo, Australia (reissued 01 October 2025). (Photo: EPA / JULIAN SMITH)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/a1wbggB3Ynw8BZjUJa1JA6DJjVI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/olho0R4294V59teAK_QkrNkFgcg=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GdvzkI-KlLPmFU5KIN80b5B682M=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/61rCo3p2lqbllNvjMFIDm_6RlVI=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cqzpEA9EOI_i6fSR46BWrbdClIU=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13391975.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Leading primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall interacting with a gorilla through a glass window at Melbourne Zoo, Australia (reissued 01 October 2025). (Photo: EPA / JULIAN SMITH) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KntiJYVk1EwXLhn6sT0gaQiPeXA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg' alt='British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall poses at the City Council of Malaga before offering a conference entitled Hope in Action on 2 May 2025.  EPA/JORGE ZAPATA' title=' British ethologist and environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall poses at the City Council of Malaga before offering a conference entitled &#039;Hope in Action&#039;, Malaga, southern Spain, 2 May 2025. (Photo: EPA / JORGE ZAPATA)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KntiJYVk1EwXLhn6sT0gaQiPeXA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dVRnbrPDDzcW7A8BPlGc4ClLX34=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/MXng4leT3ytTSpyUvf2z13HegUM=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6at_VHh9SYuhIAiPGNgBvGPYLms=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0i0DVxkJJWGdegDOtmgk2r64XlM=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13010839.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> British ethologist and environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall poses at the City Council of Malaga before offering a conference entitled &#039;Hope in Action&#039;, Malaga, southern Spain, 2 May 2025. (Photo: EPA / JORGE ZAPATA) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eoP0922U8PzsFn8JEa2f8u4Dihw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg' alt='The poster for the A Word for History conference organised by Unesco for British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on 19 October 2024. Goodall was preparing to celebrate her 90th birthday and more than 60 years of service to the protection of the environment and great apes.  EPA/YOAN VALAT' title=' The poster for the &#039;A Word for History&#039; conference organised by Unesco for British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall at the headquarters of Unesco in Paris, 19 October 2024. (Photo: EPA / YOAN VALAT)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eoP0922U8PzsFn8JEa2f8u4Dihw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/seNqW78U7_AS9sNOtGRkE6QRyiQ=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nacL6Em8n6FSsSf1c3mOpzkOUHs=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8l3lUFaVOg4RrcNvJ3H5KTU3mz4=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/SP7-E7Rvai0W_9Z6e2qL4p1i4Jk=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12572747.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> The poster for the &#039;A Word for History&#039; conference organised by Unesco for British ethologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall at the headquarters of Unesco in Paris, 19 October 2024. (Photo: EPA / YOAN VALAT) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jXCap2QKX4fi8IvxXKKqgHAfr2E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall attends the Time 100 Summit 2019 on 23 April 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME)' title=' Dr Jane Goodall attends the TIME 100 Summit 2019 on 23 April 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Craig Barritt / Getty Images for TIME)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jXCap2QKX4fi8IvxXKKqgHAfr2E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GxDm_SVY2LmVNQ_-lkDmSCMMHic=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_1tlSKPBFEg8bvXvBN8k-asoTYo=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GQewLcO_ujQEl-VTMpoZQJFFwLs=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/miMPS7OnqUGqHAVExvl5Sg-S6y0=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-1144621945-1.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Dr Jane Goodall attends the TIME 100 Summit 2019 on 23 April 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Craig Barritt / Getty Images for TIME) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/L130zCnkslKNmyNWazXte2lherE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg' alt='Ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on 4 January 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)' title=' Ethologist and conservationist Dr Jane Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then US president Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on 4 January 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Tom Brenner / Getty Images)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/L130zCnkslKNmyNWazXte2lherE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XJcJZWvvKdFefVfA4bCoYnnTO1c=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Cu5NuPefWENMEhwn5hTgKFGi0jM=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uHASXiBxKvWn90rlYK5Z25rd7p4=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QP_n9Kz1WBxMIwm88kTY-FT4dy8=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2191835630.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Ethologist and conservationist Dr Jane Goodall is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then US president Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on 4 January 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Tom Brenner / Getty Images) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rDdY6NkGr-iK8jsH4OwxahLoxjU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall speaks onstage at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at The Plaza Hotel on 24 September 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)' title=' Jane Goodall speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at the Plaza Hotel on 24 September 2025 in New York City. (Photo: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rDdY6NkGr-iK8jsH4OwxahLoxjU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mEsxcVGUvFaS4z6DHLqzfgVjd6s=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/taanXs6qpX0sv_4G3vU8PUdutfw=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eKEfcNPe0Ipge-cXggbaEL3_oTw=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pd49RW04PIDIavo04BoBE-DHWKo=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GettyImages-2237135011.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Jane Goodall speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at the Plaza Hotel on 24 September 2025 in New York City. (Photo: Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hrxBbCorpm2ZoA0zs_Kg_XAOaU4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall scans the treetops for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park on 14 July 2010, the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Gombe. (Photo: Chase Pickering / JGI)' title=' Jane Goodall scans the treetops for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park on 14 July 2010, the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Gombe. (Photo: Chase Pickering / JGI)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hrxBbCorpm2ZoA0zs_Kg_XAOaU4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JS4iMyzJSZUnrjGqw1tIsp21SpI=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sV9iMo_PVxK1N0uOlvp4Afpv8yE=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/F7MZJstaI83_GzbqaOZ9vQL9yBU=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1JthFo8SxPNT3XSyTmjKmaVbHGQ=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Main-pic_.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Jane Goodall scans the treetops for chimpanzees in Gombe National Park on 14 July 2010, the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Gombe. (Photo: Chase Pickering / JGI) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/o_twVVNpF9vGAoDZIirPfxVNo10=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg' alt='British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview after her lecture titled Reason for Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 January 2013. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa / EPA)' title=' British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview after her lecture titled Reason for Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 January 2013. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa / EPA)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/o_twVVNpF9vGAoDZIirPfxVNo10=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RBfE8jgx3-LTJ3f8rO7Gl6Dl9l8=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/B8I2H-Haqew9H1pzYWUAlArn7Ok=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/68N5cR-dp7zKS1eMj5uVQt2fjG0=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tr8v0l6JC0AFl6BCQGnh_LeRzXM=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3156548.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview after her lecture titled Reason for Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 January 2013. (Photo: Dai Kurokawa / EPA) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/haavq_VwnKXs-NExrs-y90oshgE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg' alt='Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall.  (Photo: EPA-EFE / David Mariuz)' title=' Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall. (Photo: EPA-EFE / David Mariuz)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/haavq_VwnKXs-NExrs-y90oshgE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/W5O9nPX61Hjp_4mcPyYbdAq71_4=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_176jqvPZIkxh2uAUoWLV1RARng=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Frn_1Ac0QCUlqjRTaHrKbD7MmbY=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/EQ17UVica_axyMHEBnKMRI96L-E=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MC-Baboons-Oxford_6.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall. (Photo: EPA-EFE / David Mariuz) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ihsjPKiJJXEljqoUOhRtXST6hig=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg' alt='Local researchers discuss sustainable development in Africa with ethologist Dr Jane Goodall at the Origin Centre, Wits University, 21 February 2024. (Photo: Julia Evans)' title=' Local researchers discuss sustainable development in Africa with ethologist Dr Jane Goodall at the Origin Centre, Wits University, 21 February 2024. (Photo: Julia Evans)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ihsjPKiJJXEljqoUOhRtXST6hig=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tcIIU8JLE5oNCg2MevlMD-e6YJQ=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-16WU-48uWDjlqB-xmKu4EapHfA=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/yVqu-CZj15zUPXXmcZbCxJqFo7Q=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JMyUKAvY4HjdEP1iikvKakhV59k=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_3857.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Local researchers discuss sustainable development in Africa with ethologist Dr Jane Goodall at the Origin Centre, Wits University, 21 February 2024. (Photo: Julia Evans) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IA8D_0UWSiePd6sDvg0TEsDM7Vo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg' alt='Jane Goodall holds a turtle at La Tahonilla wildlife rehabilitation centre in La Laguna, Tenerife island, Canary Islands, Spain, on 24 November 2023. (Photo: Miguel Barreto / EPA-EFE)' title=' Jane Goodall holds a turtle at La Tahonilla wildlife rehabilitation centre in La Laguna, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain, on 24 November 2023. (Photo: Miguel Barreto / EPA-EFE)' srcset='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IA8D_0UWSiePd6sDvg0TEsDM7Vo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg 200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/PuQrxWghXp43sPTH1nOgy_2ZfQU=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg 450w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hh9Sb9y1AbPlAT7uV4vIvjY2YKc=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg 800w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bKCp9iCFOJ3hnF1y3-15_YLBztE=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ATM23CRvLpAuyZhK17mK0VYD0IE=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11856452.jpg 1600w' style='object-position: 50% 50%'><figcaption> Jane Goodall holds a turtle at La Tahonilla wildlife rehabilitation centre in La Laguna, Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain, on 24 November 2023. (Photo: Miguel Barreto / EPA-EFE) </figcaption></figure><figure style='float: none; margin: 5px; '><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nW-PxhmNlSNmMTMihCgaoEZDnTw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/h_55571547.jpg' alt='Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall  speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. Image: EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA' title=' Anthropologist and UN messenger of Peace, Dr Jane Goodall, speaks during a session at the One Young World Summit in the Methodist Hall in London, Britain, 23 October 2019. 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Comments (2)

Ed Stam Oct 3, 2025, 05:31 AM

'Jane Goodall with a chimpanzee at Perth zoo...' A chimpanzee! Really??

kanu sukha Oct 6, 2025, 11:23 AM

Thanks for the glorious collection of photos accompanying the article. Her UN designation as 'Messenger of Peace' is likely to be eclipsed by TACO president .. who during his first term threatened to bomb the *hit out of North Korea" (followed by love letters to rocket man) - who also had nuclear weapons ! Now he is carrying out that action across Palestine with war criminal BB. The Nobel is in his pocket !