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Jane Goodall was an English anthropologist and primatologist. Around the world, she was most known for her 65-year-long study of wild chimpanzees. She pioneered the research on chimpanzees and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives. Ethologist, ...

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