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Science Oct 01

Remembering Jane Goodall and how she changed the way people see animals

By Jeffrey Brown, Jackson Hudgins, Jenna Bloom

Science Oct 01

Primatologist and ethologist Jane Goodall visits Medellin
Conservationist Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to humans.

By Hallie Golden, Associated Press

Science Apr 22

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Jane Goodall on animal-human interconnectedness amid the pandemic

We mark this 50th anniversary of Earth Day with Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most renowned scientists and environmentalists. A new National Geographic documentary explores her life and work, teaching generations how interconnected we are with the natural world.

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Science Apr 22

Why Jane Goodall says human disregard for nature led to the coronavirus pandemic

“We are all interconnected,” the famed primatologist, and a leading voice in conservation efforts, told the PBS NewsHour. “And if we don’t get that lesson from this pandemic, then maybe we never will.”…

By Joshua Barajas

Science Dec 07

Dian Fossey in the wild with mountain gorillas. Photo by Robert I.M. Campbell
Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall changed how we saw primates. These new movies change how we see them

Two new documentaries on Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall spotlight the complicated and contrasting paths they took toward scientific greatness.

By Nsikan Akpan

Dec 03

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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 3, 2017

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On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 3, President Donald Trump goes on the offensive in a flurry of tweets, changing his previous account of Michael Flynn's firing and contradicting the testimony of his former FBI director. And, legendary conservationist Jane…

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Dec 03

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Documentary gives new glimpse at Jane Goodall’s early research

By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo

The 1965 film “Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees” documented the early months of Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research on chimpanzees in Africa. Now, unseen footage from the making of that film will appear in the documentary “Jane,” which revisits Goodall’s…

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