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Tragic Death of Harambe Raises Questions About Keeping Animals in Captivity and Protecting Endangered Species

April 01, 2026 — Written by Dr. Jane Goodall, D.B.E., Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace and Azzedine Downes, President and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The heartbreaking news of the death of Harambe, a popular western lowland gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, who was killed to protect a child who […]

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Good News for the Endangered Woodrat

April 01, 2026 — Jane Goodall’s All Good News: Stories of Hope The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) is a subspecies of the Florida woodrat existing only on the island of Key Largo, Florida. It is one of the most endangered rodents on earth, but the good news is that it is making a comeback with the help […]

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Grizzly Bears: They Still Need To Be Protected

April 01, 2026 — Grizzly bears, one of North America’s majestic species of bear, was once hunted to near extinction. Thanks to protections provided under the Endangered Species Act, their populations have been allowed to recover, though they have not yet fully returned across their historic range. Concerns of food availability, inbreeding and a weakened gene pool, as well […]

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The Story of How a Hen Lays an Egg

April 01, 2026 — Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope One story has been told many times because it shows how, even as a four-year-old, I already had the makings of a true naturalist. Vanne (my mum) had taken me to stay with my father’s mother, Mrs. Nutt (I called her Danny Nutt because I could not […]

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I Love Books: World Book Day

April 01, 2026 — Jane Goodall’s All Good News, Stories of Hope Books were a very important part of my childhood. TV had not been invented so we learned from books and listening to the radio. And from our elders.The first book that really made an impression was The Story of Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting.  An English country doctor who lived in […]

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Three Ways to Celebrate Jane Goodall’s 82nd Birthday

April 01, 2026 — Dr. Jane Goodall’s 82nd birthday is on April 3 … only a few days away! If you would like to join the Jane Goodall Institute in celebrating Dr. Goodall, here are three ways that you can get involved: Sign Jane’s birthday e-card…simply click here to add your name and a special message to Jane to […]

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Jane Goodall on Forests #2: Lessons on Appreciation and Protection

April 01, 2026 — Editor’s note: In honor of International Day of Forests on March 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, having spent so much of her life living in the forests of Gombe Stream National Park, and has in her life experienced so many other forests around our planet shares some of her thoughts on appreciating forests and working together to […]

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Jane Goodall on Forests: Lessons on Appreciation and Protection

April 01, 2026 — Editor’s note: In honor of International Day of Forests on March 21, Dr. Jane Goodall, having spent so much of her life living in the forests of Gombe Stream National Park, and has in her life experienced so many other forests around our planet shares some of her thoughts on appreciating forests and working together to […]

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World Frog Day: A Story About Saving One of the World’s Rarest

April 01, 2026 — Jane Goodall’s All Good News A Jane Goodall’s All Good News post published in honor of today’s World Frog Day.  In 2008, the Year of the Frog, I was appointed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as International Ambassador for the Frog simply, to draw attention to the threats faced by frogs and […]

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Jane’s Spring 2016 Tour + Live Chat

April 01, 2026 — It’s that time of year again to welcome Dr. Jane Goodall back to North America for her spring lecture tour! Throughout March and April, Jane will be traveling all across the USA and Canada for her Gombe & Beyond tour, giving 10 public lectures and meeting her biggest fans while on the road. Today, Jane is […]

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