Darwin Medal is a biology prize awarded by the Royal Society. Founded in 1890, it is awarded every two years to reward Darwin's outstanding achievements in biology and other fields. There is no restriction on the nationality of the winners, and they can be British or foreigners. The Darwin Prize includes a silver medal and a prize of 200 pounds.

Darwin was born in 1809 and died in 1882. He is a British natural scientist and the founder of biological evolution. He likes collecting animal and plant specimens since he was a child. 1825 went to the university of Edinburgh to study medicine, and participated in the activities of Pliny society organized by young people themselves to discuss various scientific issues, including Lamarckian evolution theory. From 65438 to 0828, he entered the theological seminary of Cambridge University, and still spent a lot of time studying natural science books, and became interested in insect research. 193 1 year, he made an expedition around the world as a naturalist. In five years, he climbed mountains, collected specimens and excavated fossils, and accumulated rich first-hand information. On the basis of these practical data, he formed the idea of biological evolution after long-term research and repeated understanding. 1859, The Origin of Species was published, which shocked the world. This is an epoch-making masterpiece. In this book, he proved the evolutionary thought of "natural selection, survival of the fittest" with a lot of facts. Make biology truly enter the ranks of empirical natural science. He also wrote books such as Variation of Animals and Plants in the Family, Origin and Sexual Selection of Human Beings, Expression of Human Beings and Animals, Motor Function in Plants, and Results of Hybridization and Self-fertilization in Plants, and kept a diary about natural history and geology during his five-year investigation. Darwin's theory of biological evolution broke the religious superstition that God created man, which was a great achievement of human understanding of the biological world and played a great role in promoting the progress of modern biology. Darwin devoted his life to the study of natural sciences such as animals and plants, and also to the study of geology. 1839 was elected as a member of the Royal Society, and 1978 was elected as an academician of the French Academy of Sciences.

The prize money of Darwin Prize is not high, but it is named after the great scientist Darwin and awarded by the prestigious Royal Society. Therefore, it has great influence in the world academic circles and is a famous biology prize.