Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than ...

Jane Goodall, a pioneering primatologist who befriended chimpanzees, is dead at 91. She discovered that chimpanzees make and use tools, engage in war, and have personalities. Later in life, Goodall ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect against malaria, according to a study by an international team led ...

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, the famous conservationist and ethologist, has died at age 91 after a legendary career illuminating the complex social lives of chimpanzees and advocating for animal and ...

Conservationist Jane Goodall who’s best known for her work studying wild chimpanzees died on Wednesday at the age of 91. The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) said she died of natural causes in California ...

The National Geographic Explorer dedicated her life not just to chimpanzees, but global conservation. Jane Goodall studied the chimpanzees of Gombe starting in 1960, making hers the longest field ...

From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have shared the expanse of our world with readers for well over a century.

National Geographic draws viewers into the looking glass where eyes, much like our own, reflect playfulness, grief, loneliness, rage and above all, intelligence. Scientists continuing the work of ...