65 years ago, when Jane Goodall set out for Gombe, she had one mission: To observe chimpanzees and improve our understanding of our closest living relatives. She had her notebook, her binoculars, and ...

Photo: Susana Name I first met cows when I was 5 years old, on a farm belonging to my father’s family. I always loved all ...

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Did you know? According to an interesting study from Gombe, while some males in other species don’t have much interest in their young, chimpanzee fathers spend more time with their own infants. Indeed ...

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada acknowledges that the land upon which our office operates is the traditional territory of many Indigenous Peoples including the Haudenosaunee nations, Huron-Wendat ...

Chimpanzees are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. In fact, Dr. Jane Goodall was the first person to observe chimpanzees eating other animals when she saw them using sticks to ...

Biodiversity is the “tapestry of life”. And we’re pulling too many threads. Biodiversity is the engine of our planet. It’s often defined as the “variety of all living things.” Our founder Dr. Jane ...

From communities across Africa to classrooms across Canada, we’re focused on working closely with partners and demonstrating that what Dr. Jane has long said is true: “Every individual matters. Every ...

Chimpanzees and humans share a surprising number of similarities. For starters, chimpanzees and people share nearly identical genetic DNA. More recently, another similarity has been discovered: the ...