Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, U.N. Messenger for Peace and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away, due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States” the Jane Goodall Institute posted on Instagram.

Legendary primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall died at 91 years old. Colleagues call her a trailblazer, but as a young girl, Goodall had no intention of becoming a scientist. Now, her work has transformed the way the scientific community views,

In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy.

After Jane Goodall's death on Wednesday at the age of 91, the Houston Zoo shared photos of her 2010 visit to their new chimpanzee exhibit.

Goodall’s work has earned her recognition across the globe: she was awarded the U.S.’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, earlier this year and was appointed by the United Nations in 2002 to be a Messenger of Peace —becoming one of a handful of such honorees worldwide.

When British colonial authorities balked at the notion of a young woman living alone in the forest, Goodall’s mother agreed to join her, and they arrived at the station in July 1960. Goodall revolutionized primatology long before she obtained any formal scientific training.

Natalie Portman was another actress who was lucky enough to meet Jane Goodall in person. She called the primatologist her “ultimate hero,” celebrating her not only as a scientist but as a woman who broke new ground in a largely male-dominated field.

Tributes are pouring in from around the world honoring the life and influence of famed primatologist Jane Goodall.

Beyond primatology, Goodall’s legacy is the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps into fieldwork, says Mayor. In 1961, Goodall was one of the few students accepted into a PhD at Cambridge without an undergraduate degree. She completed her PhD in 1965.

The late primatologist and advocate became a global face of and inspiration for field research and environmental protection across the continent.

The leading conservationist has been remembered as "a great champion of environmental protection" after her death aged 91.