Cheryl Knott

Professor, Boston University

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Research
Cheryl D. Knott
Conservation
- Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program
- Save Wild Orangutans Initiative
People
News
- Upcoming Events
Diversity & Inclusion

People

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RECENT NEWS

Amy Scott, Cheryl Knott, along with research partners co-authored a paper titled Flanged males have higher reproductive success in a completely wild orangutan population in PLOS ONE, February 2024

The February 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine, "Borneo's Wild Green Heart" features the incredible biodiversity of Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP), including the wild orangutans that Cheryl Knott has been studying since 1994

Amy Scott, Cheryl Knott, along with research partners co-authored a paper titled Mother-offspring proximity maintenance as an infanticide avoidance strategy in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) published in the American Journal of Primatology, March 2023

Andrea DiGorgio, Cheryl Knott, along with Knott lab members co-authored a paper titled Famished Frugivores or Choosy Consumers: A Generalist Frugivore (Wild Bornean Orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) Leaves Available Fruit for Nonfruit Foods published in the International Journal of Primatology, December 2022

Ella Brown, Faye Harwell, Cheryl Knott along with research partners co-authored a paper titled Application of a parallel laser apparatus to measure forearms and flanges of wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) published in the American Journal of Primatology, October 2022

Lara Durgavich, Faye Harwell, and Cheryl Knott published A composite menstrual cycle of captive orangutans, with associated hormonal and behavioral variability in the American Journal of Primatology, July 2022

Cheryl Knott has been named the Edward P Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at Yale University where she was on leave for the Fall semester of 2022

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