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Remembering Jane Goodall's life and work

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT
Jane Goodall plays with Bahati, a 3-year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (Jean-Marc Bouju/AP)
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Jane Goodall plays with Bahati, a 3-year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (Jean-Marc Bouju/AP)

Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee researcher, conservationist, and animal rights activist, died on Wednesday at the age of 91.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks about Goodall’s life, work and legacy with Dr. Anne Pusey, former director of the Jane Goodall Institute Center for Primate Studies and emeritus professor at Duke University.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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