Famed primatologist Jane Goodall , renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees , dedicated her life to helping all wild animals — a passion that lasted until her death this past week.

She spent decades promoting humanitarian causes and the need to protect the natural world , and tried to balance the grim realities of the climate crisis with hope for the future, admirers say.

Those messages of hope "mobilized a global movement to protect the planet," said former President Joe Biden, who awarded Goodall the Presidential Medal of Freedom before he left office.

Here are some things to know about Goodall's life and legacy:

Goodall didn't have a college degree when she started

Despite Goodall's enduring passion to observe wild animals in Africa, she didn't have a college

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