View source for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 5, 2016

<div id="mp-tfa-img" style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0em;">{{main page image|Humpback stellwagen edit TFA.jpg|link=Humpback stellwagen edit.jpg|title=Humpback whale breaching}}</div>
'''[[Baleen whale]]s''' are a widely distributed and diverse [[parvorder]] of [[carnivorous]] [[marine mammal]]s. They include 15 species from the [[family (biology)|families]] [[Balaenidae]] (including [[right whale]]s), [[Cetotheriidae]] (the [[pygmy right whale]]), [[Eschrichtiidae]] (the [[gray whale]]), and [[Balaenopteridae]] (the rorquals, including the [[blue whale]], the largest animal on earth). [[Cetacea]]ns were thought to have descended from the extinct [[mesonychid]]s, but molecular evidence supports their descent from [[even-toed ungulate]]s. Baleen whales split from [[toothed whale]]s around 34 million years ago. The meat, blubber, [[baleen]], and oil of baleen whales have traditionally been used by the [[indigenous peoples of the Arctic]]. Once relentlessly hunted by commercial industries for these products, cetaceans are now protected by international law, but Japan, Norway and Iceland continue to allow [[whaling]] for various purposes. Baleen whales also face threats from [[marine pollution]], [[ocean acidification]], collisions with ships, and entanglement in nets. [[marine mammals and sonar|Sonar]] can cause [[cetacean stranding|strandings]] and disrupt their communication. They have rarely survived for long in captivity. {{TFAFULL|Baleen whale}}

{{TFArecentlist|
* [[Circinus]]
* [[No. 77 Squadron RAAF]]
* [[Red rail]]
}}
{{TFAfooter|Month=June|Year=2016}}