Bill Schutt

Bill Schutt

Live Science Contributor

Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author of six nonfiction and fiction books, including Pump: A Natural History of the Heart and the New York Times Editor’s Choice, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History. Recently retired from his post as professor of biology at LIU Post, he is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has studied bats all over the world. His research has been featured in Natural History magazine as well as in the New York Times, Newsday, the Economist, and Discover.

Articles by: Bill Schutt

a saltwater crocodile close up with its jaws open and some blood on its teeth.

'If you can bench press a car, you are good to go': Inside the incredible bite-force of crocodiles

By Bill Schutt published

In this extract from "Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans," Bill Schutt looks at the creatures with the strongest bite forces in the world.