Seeing Jane Goodall – a life in pictures feels like stepping into history. 🌿
From her early days with chimpanzees in Gombe to becoming a global voice for conservation, her story moved me deeply.
Each photo tells not just her journey but also inspires us to protect the planet. This collection made me pause, reflect, and feel grateful for her legacy. ❤️
A touching moment between Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee at Gombe Stream reserve, Tanzania, 1964.
Jane Goodall marries Dutch wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick in 1964. They met in Tanzania, where she was studying chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall appears in the CBS television special Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees in 1965.
A still from Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall with one of her research subjects in the Gombe National Park in northern Tanzania, 1972.
Jane Goodall with her son, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick, in the Gombe reserve, east central Africa, 1974.
Jane Goodall observing a field of African baboons, 1974
Jane Goodall and her son, ‘Grub’, 1976
Jane Goodall with husband Hugo van Lawick behind a camera, 1974.
Jane Goodall goes through slides before making a presentation in Chicago, 1982.
Jane Goodall studies the behaviour of a chimpanzee in Tanzania, 1987.
Jane Goodall with a chimpanzee in her arms, 1995.
Jane Goodall plays with Bahati, a three-year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters chimpanzee sanctuary near Nanyuki, Kenya, 1997
Jane Goodall gives a little kiss to Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters sanctuary in 1997.
Jane Goodall with Pola the chimp, 2004.
Jane Goodall, after being made a dame at Buckingham Palace in London, 2004.
Jane Goodall looks out through a window towards chimpanzees at Sydney’s Taronga zoo in 2011.
Sir David Attenborough and Jane Goodall at Hope 4 Apes, an event held at the Lyceum Theatre in London, 2010.
Jane Goodall in Paris at the premiere for Disney’s film, Chimpanzee, in 2013.
Jane Goodall. London, 2017
Jane Goodall visits a chimp rescue centre in Entebbe, Uganda, 2018. During her visit, Goodall also held a naming ceremony for a baby chimp called Zakayo the Second.
Jane Goodall carries her travelling companion, a soft toy named Mr H, as she arrives to speak at the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in New York City, 2025.
Jane Goodall speaks at the Bloomberg Philanthropies global forum in September 2025.
