Bill Schutt
Zoologist and science author
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author who wrote Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History, drawing on years of research in biology.
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About Bill Schutt
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and a professor emeritus of biology at Long Island University. He is also a longtime Research Associate in the Department of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History. He grew up on Long Island. He earned a Ph.D. in Zoology in 1995 from Cornell University, where he studied vampire bats. He taught at Long Island University for 22 years and took early retirement in 2020 to write full time. His book Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History came out in 2017. He has also co-written thrillers in the R.J. MacCready series, which begins with Hell's Gate. His TED-Ed video on cannibalism in the animal kingdom has passed 3.3 million views.