Jane Goodall Archives

Do your bit, don’t wait for govt, Goodall tells nature lovers

November 18, 20249 min

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and anthropologist, emphasized to a rapt, packed, fawning audience at the Tata Theatre in Bombay’s iconic National Centre for the Performing Arts yesterday the need for people to learn about and understand nature. Delivering the closing address at the Literature Live! 2024 event held over three days at the NCPA, the U.N. Messenger of Peace explained why this has become so important in the modern world where technology is taking people...

by Sandy Pawpaw

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Long-tailed macaques get no help from U.S. wildlife agency

November 9, 202412 min

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month declined to accept petitions filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other advocacy groups, including Born Free USA and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, as well as renowned primatologists Jane Goodall and Biruté Mary Galdikas, to list long-tailed macaques (scientific name Macaca fascicularis) and southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) under the Endangered Species Act, according to a press release from the National Association for...

by A Correspondent

Curious Tales Wild & Wonderful

Paul Watson wins The Perfect World Foundation Award

September 23, 20246 min

The Perfect World Foundation, a wildlife and nature organization based in Gothenburg, Sweden, has named Captain Paul Watson, renowned marine conservationist and founder of several organizations, including The Captain Paul Watson Foundation, as the recipient of The Perfect World Foundation award 2025 for ‘Conservationist of the Year’. Captain Watson joins a distinguished group of previous awardees, including Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and Dr Sylvia Earle. The award honours...

by Staff Reporter

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Air Canada turns Earth Month spotlight on illegal wildlife trade

April 4, 20247 min

Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline and flag carrier and a founding member of the Star Alliance, has launched an initiative to spotlight the illegal wildlife trade and its impact on global biodiversity, the company said in a press release on Wednesday, renowned conservationist and primatologist Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday. The awareness campaign, in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada and Dr Goodall herself, will showcase on the airline’s in-flight entertainment welcome screens and...

by Sandy Pawpaw

Features Wild & Wonderful

Conservationist Jane Goodall going strong at 90

April 3, 20245 min

Renowned English conservationist, primatologist, world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, and U.N. Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall turns 90 today. Born April 3, 1934, Jane Goodall was just 26 years old when she followed her passion for wildlife to Gombe, Tanzania, where she began her groundbreaking research into the social and family interactions of chimpanzees in the wild. Her work changed forever humans’ understanding of our relationship with the animal kingdom. Her work extends beyond scientific innovations,...