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Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises their exceptional contributions to society. As Fellows of the UK's national academy of science, these leaders in the fields of science, engineering and medicine join other famous ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking.

Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.

A ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ astronomer’s identification of the remnant of the most recent supernova in the Milky Way is set to fill in major gaps in our knowledge of the exploding stars.

Professor Jennifer Clack’s research into one of the major events in the evolutionary history of life on Earth has been honoured by the National Academy of Sciences.

A new study suggests the TV dinner is the evolutionary next step in the history of dining.

Older meerkats teach younger meerkats how to handle prey.

The Head of Education at the Fitzwillam Museum and an eminent University astronomer have each been honoured with an OBE in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.