In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy. In her 91 years, Goodall transformed science and humanity’s understanding of our closest living relatives on the planet — chimpanzees and other great apes. In addition to her famed research center in Tanzania and chimpanzee sanctuaries in other countries, a new cultural center is expected to open in Tanzania late next year. There also are Jane Goodall Institutes in 26 countries, as well as the institute’s youth-led education program called Roots & Shoots in dozens of countries.
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FILE - British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall poses for a portrait in New York to promote the Disneynature film, "Born in China", April 7, 2017. Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. She was 91. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP File)
FILE - Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File)
FILE - Primatologist Jane Goodall kisses Pola, a 14-months-old chimpanzee baby from the Budapest Zoo, that she symbolically adopted in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has die…