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Chimpanzee Cultures: Knowledge Passed Through Generations

July 14, 2026 — July 14 marks World Chimpanzee Day, commemorating the day a young Jane Goodall first arrived in Gombe, Tanzania, in 1960. More than 65 years later, her groundbreaking discoveries continue to transform our understanding of chimpanzees and inspire the Jane Goodall Institute’s ongoing commitment to protecting them and the habitats they call home. When Jane Goodall […]

Research Helps Protect Habitats and Support Communities in Tanzania

April 01, 2026 — In 2020, JGI completed one of its largest socio-economic baseline research studies to support its USAID-funded Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT) program. The study, which focused on the Gombe-Masito-Ugalla (GMU) landscape, investigated ways to protect habitats while supporting human communities. This work is a part of JGI’s Tacare approach. It all began when in the early […]

A NEW STRATEGY: JGI SCIENCE AS A CROSS-CUTTING INSTITUTIONAL PILLAR

April 01, 2026 — Over 60 years ago, Jane Goodall advanced science through a unique combination of curiosity, focus on individuals as well as interconnections, observation, and collaboration. This style of holistic thinking and systems through science — a result of Jane’s compassionate and forward-thinking nature — has defined the Jane Goodall Institute’s programs from the very beginning. In 2020, the work […]

Gombe Today: Understanding Our Closest Living Relatives

April 01, 2026 — Research activities, like other aspects of life, were not spared by the Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Gombe Stream Research Center had to limit research in order to ensure the safety of staff and wildlife alike. Unfortunately, as the Gombe team was also dealing with a separate respiratory disease outbreak from earlier in 2020, some staff remained under […]

Dr. Lilian Pintea Talks Tech & Tools for Community-Driven Conservation

April 01, 2026 — JGI’s community-driven approach has been at the forefront of understanding the needs of local communities to collaborate and empower ownership of conservation for 30 years. Dr. Lilian Pintea, vp of conservation science has been advancing this work through innovations in technology and science, as well as key partnerships with companies like Esri, providing frameworks and […]

Zoonotic Disease, One Health, and JGI: Everything is Connected

April 01, 2026 — Zoonotic diseases have now become one of the most talked about issues of our time. Why? Because the current COVID-19 pandemic is most likely a direct result of a zoonotic spillover event – a passage of non-human animal disease to humans. And this is not the first-time humankind has faced this kind of spread, and unfortunately, unless we take proactive and progressive […]

Study on Chimpanzee Heart Health Demonstrates the Benefits of Sanctuaries

April 01, 2026 — Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and so like many things related to human health, looking to our closest living relatives can provide some important insights. In fact, a recent study which included our own JGI staff in Republic of the Congo, found that chimpanzees in rehabilitation centers had low body weights and lower levels of fatty acids, which […]

One Health for the Benefit of All

April 01, 2026 — The Jane Goodall Institute’s approach to science integrates the needs and threats facing people, other animals, and the environment, as these three must operate in harmony for the ensured sustainability of each. JGI has long been a proponent of integrated, holistic approaches, taking a One Health strategy from the start. One Health, now a well […]

GOMBE 60: Honoring 60 Years of Discovery, Innovation, & Hope

April 01, 2026 — Happy World Chimpanzee Day! On this very special occasion, we are also honoring a supremely special anniversary: Tuesday July 14, 2020 marks the 60th anniversary of Dr. Jane Goodall’s research on wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania and 60 years of continuous studies through JGI and research partners: Gombe 60! Here are a few ways you […]

Double the Fun: Baboon Twins Born in Gombe

April 01, 2026 — An extremely rare event has just taken place in Gombe National Park. For the second time in Gombe history, an olive baboon has given birth to twins. Until this spring, baboon twins have only been seen once at Gombe since Dr. Jane Goodall’s arrival in 1960.  Since 1967, we have recorded 271 different females who have given birth,  but only one female was observed to produce […]

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Chimpanzee Cultures: Knowledge Passed Through Generations

Research Helps Protect Habitats and Support Communities in Tanzania

A NEW STRATEGY: JGI SCIENCE AS A CROSS-CUTTING INSTITUTIONAL PILLAR

Gombe Today: Understanding Our Closest Living Relatives

Dr. Lilian Pintea Talks Tech & Tools for Community-Driven Conservation

Zoonotic Disease, One Health, and JGI: Everything is Connected

Study on Chimpanzee Heart Health Demonstrates the Benefits of Sanctuaries

One Health for the Benefit of All

GOMBE 60: Honoring 60 Years of Discovery, Innovation, & Hope

Double the Fun: Baboon Twins Born in Gombe