Jane Goodall, the acclaimed conservationist who captured the world's attention through her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees in Africa, died of natural causes at age 91 on Wednesday. She was ...

Jane Goodall was a distinguished figure in chimpanzee research: Her work set new standards for field research and reshaped how people view animals. Her impact has even reached ASU, as much of her ...

She approached chimps as she did people: on their own terms. By Sam Anderson In the beginning, Jane Goodall named the chimpanzees. This was controversial. It was 1960, back when scientists weren’t ...

Obtained a doctorate without receiving a bachelor's or master's first. Was the first scientist to give names to her research subjects instead of the conventional practice of assigning them numbers.

After Goodall shifted from research to activism in the 1980s, her steady, non-confrontational approach allowed her to become one of the most prolific environmentalists in modern history. She leveraged ...