For close to forty years, the great zoologist, Jane Goodall, has studied the nature of the wild chimpanzees of Africa and has learned about these remarkable animals. This films explores the scientist's life and work with a major emphasize on the various chimps she has studied and grown to love. In her research, she has learned their complex societies, their remarkbable intelligence and their shared nature with humanity, both good and bad. In addition to her research, also learn about her fight to preserve the threatened animal populations and her determination to save them.