Bill Schutt, Author
@billschuttauthor.bsky.social
Zoologist, 🦇 espec vampire bats. Cornell PhD. Author of pop sci books📚: Bite, Cannibalism, Pump, Dark Banquet & thrillers: Hell's Gate etc. Res Assoc @ AMNH. Emeritus Bio Prof @ LIU-Post. Anatomy, Nature, History, Science 🧪, Film, Horror www.billschutt.com
Definitely the favorite of my fiction books. This would been such a cool Ray Harryhausen flick. 🧪🦇📚🎥🎬
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Bill Schutt, Author@billschuttauthor.bsky.social · last yr.This was the final cover for Hell's Gate. Thankful I received great blurbs from legendary thriller writer Clive Cussler, James Cameron, James Rollins, etc. Definitely my favorite fiction project. 📚💙 🦇 It would be a spectacular movie (If seriously interested, contact me or Gillian MacKenzie Agency)
I was pleasantly surprised to see that I made the cut in the abridged version of this article on cannibalism in today's NY Times Magazine. (The the full article was in the NYT Book Review on 7/26). 🧪🦴📚
Here's one of the TedEd videos I worked on for my book Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History. 🧪📚🦴
Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt
YouTube video by TED-Ed
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My last book, Bite never did make it to a paperback version, but Amazon now has the beautiful hardcover for $12.69. 🧪📚😁🦷🪥🐴🐍🦖🐅🐘🦇
Great story about my long-time friend, Patricia J. Wynne, who has illustrated every paper, book chapter, and book I’ve ever written.
Night at the Museum: UWS Artist Patricia J. Wynne Transmits Life to the Page
Patricia J. Wynne in her home studio. Photo by Bonnie Eissner. By Bonnie Eissner The American Museum of Natural History,
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Wow, Brazilian free-tail bats in N.J. "They Don’t Fight Crime, but They Do Eat Bugs: The Bats of N.Y.C." 🧪🦇🗽
They Don’t Fight Crime, but They Do Eat Bugs: The Bats of N.Y.C. (Gift Article)
Several species of bats have made the city’s patchwork green spaces their homes, much to the surprise of some scientists.
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My niece's daughter found "Cannibalism" in B&N on a table display under "Morbid Curiosities". Wondering if this display ia in other B&Ns. Please let me know if you see it. Thanks.
Bugger it. Sam Neill was just one of those people who always seemed like A Good Sort
Rest in peace Sam Neill. And if you haven't seen "Search for the Wilderpeople", do check it out. 🥲🍿🎥🎬
Sam Neill’s 20 best roles
The New Zealand actor, who has died at the age of 78, delivered stellar performances for more than 40 years. Here’s our pick of his best roles
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I was interviewed for this article in the New York Times, about why so many fiction authors are revising how cannibalism is portrayed. 📚🧪🤔 🫀🧠🫁👨🍳👩🏼🍳🧟♀️🦴🍷
Our Insatiable Appetite for Stories About Cannibalism
Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?
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Psyched to have just hit 60K words (180 pages) on my upcoming nonfiction book, "Feet First: A Natural History, from Fins to Fetishes." Admittedly, I've chosen to explore some seriously challenging (and at times gruesome) topics, but things are coming together quite well. 🦕🧪📚🩺🦶👣👠🦇🦅🐘🐈⬛
Rest in peace. David Clayton-Thomas, Lead Singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/a...
David Clayton-Thomas, Lead Singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dies at 84
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Important news on the fight against pancreatic and other types of cancer. 🧪🩺🩻⚕️🏥How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/h...
How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough
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Snakeheads now threatening Lake Ronkonkoma on Long Island. 🧪🎣
Hunting a ‘Frankenfish’ With a Bow and Arrow
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My longtime bat research friend Emily Davis led the rescue efforts! Well done Emily! 🦇👍 Brooklyn Man Wedged in Upstate New York Cave Is Rescued After 6 Hours www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/n...
Brooklyn Man Wedged in Upstate New York Cave Is Rescued After 6 Hours
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The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🧪
Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body’s Hidden Pathways
The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.
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Pet dinosaur feeding... next to our garage. 🦅 🦕🦉🦖
Bat collecting at Waller Field, Trinidad, circa 1993. These two young researchers will be appearing in "Desi the Vampire Bat", my first children's book, to be published next year. 🦇🧪📚
And while we're on the topic of feet (and my upcoming book "Feet First: A Natural History from Fins to Fetishes" 📚🦶🩰👟🧪 3 Simple Exercises to Keep Your Feet Pain Free www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/w...
3 Simple Exercises to Keep Your Feet Pain Free
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James Fallows: “This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime. It needs to be recognized as such.”
To Improve How He Ate, Our Critic Looked at What He Drank cooking.nytimes.com/article/alco...
To Improve How He Ate, Our Critic Looked at What He Drank
In the last part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts suggest how to sidestep the perils of alcoholic or sugary beverages.
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Happy Birthday to my rock hero and pal Alice Cooper. 🦇🎸
Forget About Muscle Mass as You Age, Focus on Strength www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...
Forget About Muscle Mass as You Age, Focus on Strength
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Ballet, as well as related dance and running injuries will be a key focus of my upcoming book "Feet First". Here's an interesting article on a related topic. 🦶📚🩰How a Shoe Invented by a Dancer Might Be a Game Changer www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/a...
How a Shoe Invented by a Dancer Might Be a Game Changer
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