On April 7, Colossal Biosciences announced the creation of a "Dire Wolf" species in what they called the “world’s first de-extinction,". They claimed the move was aimed at addressing conservation efforts and plugging the gap of missing species in an ecosystem. 

The science of biodiversity loss may benefit by integrating people's knowledge with lab-based techniques.

^{A Hoolock Gibbon from Meghalaya [Image Credits: Programme HURO / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]}

The specimen, which is millions of years older than any previously known fossil, highlights their migration from Africa to Asia.