Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

The Watcher As a young girl, Jane Goodall loved to watch animals and read stories about them. She dreamed of living in Africa one day and writing stories about wild animals.

Off to Africa When she was old enough, Jane worked and saved her money. When she had saved enough, she went on a trip to Africa. In Africa, Jane met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous scientist.

When Jane met Dr. Leakey, he needed help with an important new animal study. The study would look at how chimpanzees behave. Dr. Leakey asked Jane to work on the chimpanzee study with him.

Into the Forest To work on the study, Jane and her mother moved to the country of Tanzania (tan-zuh-NEE-uh). They lived with chimpanzees in the Gombe (GOME-bay) Forest.

The Gombe Gang At first, most of the chimps in Gombe were afraid of Jane. Only a chimp she had named David trusted her. He let Jane meet his family group.