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16 famous animal conservationists

By: Anna Norris on Sept. 9, 2013, 9:30 a.m.

Jane Goodall interacts with a young chimpanzee

Photo: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/Getty Images

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Jane Goodall

Iconic images of Jane Goodall with her chimpanzee friends illustrate her passion for these endangered species. From age 26, she has spent time studying chimps, helping humans to understand these complex primates.

This British primatologist does not only champion a chimpanzee cause, but she also works towards bettering the communities around the chimps. Her nonprofit organization, The Jane Goodall Institute, engages people worldwide in efforts to care for our planet.

Jane Goodall with Freud the chimpanzee

Marlin Perkins bottle-feeding a young kangaroo on the television program 'Wild Kingdom'

Jack Hanna with an owl perched on his hand

Sir David Attenborough holding a butterfly

Jeff Corwin with a beluga whale

Jane Goodall interacts with a young chimpanzee

Birute Galdikas holding a baby orangutan

Jacques Cousteau in his scuba diving gear

Gerald Durrell in Ukraine

Steve Irwin rests his head on an elephant

Margaret Murie and her husband Olaus

Theodore Roosevelt laughing

Sir Peter Scott

William Hornaday feeding a greater kudo

Paul Watson aboard the Steve Irwin

George Adamson and Christian the lion

Jane Goodall

Iconic images of Jane Goodall with her chimpanzee friends illustrate her passion for these endangered species. From age 26, she has spent time studying chimps, helping humans to understand these complex primates.

This British primatologist does not only champion a chimpanzee cause, but she also works towards bettering the communities around the chimps. Her nonprofit organization, The Jane Goodall Institute, engages people worldwide in efforts to care for our planet.