In a recent video from the Jane Goodall Institute, the late, famous primatologist and environmental advocate was shown emphasizing how much chimpanzee behavior can resemble our own, sparking both ...

Specifically, adult chimps deliberately model the behavior, then turn their tools over to the youngsters so they can mimic ...

Two-thirds of a century after Jane Goodall observed "David Greybeard" break off a twig to fashion a fishing rod for termites, ...

Thanks to the pioneering work of Jane Goodall, chimpanzee tool use is well-known, upending the historical exclusionary notion of "Man the Tool User." Now, more than a half-century later, a study ...

WATERBURY, Vt.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 16, 2007–Chimpanzees and coffee have more in common than you might think. Beginning today, coffee lovers will be able to help preserve chimp habitat with every sip ...

Chimpanzees are capable of complex emotions. While this is common knowledge today, it was not in the 1960s. It was not until Jane Goodall began working in the field of animal research that this ...

Over the course of 45 years studying the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Jane Goodall revolutionized our understanding of our closest primate relatives. A champion of animal ...

During a lab visit in 1990, Jane Goodall disregarded the caution of some workers there to get close to an alpha chimpanzee and communicate with it Goodall's groundbreaking years observing chimps ...

Primatologist Jane Goodall and a team of researchers have spent more than six decades quietly observing chimpanzees in East Africa with binoculars. The field researchers take handwritten notes every ...

Jane Goodall, the scientist who taught humanity about our closest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzees, died last week at the age of 91. The Jane Goodall Institute, which she founded in 1977, ...

Jane Goodall died Wednesday. As she was universally regarded as the greatest living expert on chimpanzees, her passing is a momentous event. It’s one that comes at a time of upheaval in the field she ...

Adult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for ...