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Today's featured article Clockwise from top left: New Zealand fur seal Southern elephant seal Steller sea lion Walrus Grey seal Pinnipeds, including true seals, walruses and sea lions and fur seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals of the order Carnivora. There are 34 living species. They have streamlined bodies and four limbs that have evolved into flippers. Males typically mate with more than one female, and the females raise the pups, often born in the spring and summer months. Pinnipeds generally prefer colder waters and spend most of their time in the water, but come ashore to mate, give birth, molt or escape from predators such as sharks and orcas. Humans have hunted seals since at least the Stone Age, and commercial sealing had a devastating effect on some species from the introduction of firearms through the 1960s. Populations have also been reduced or displaced by accidental trapping and marine pollution. All pinniped species are now afforded some protections under international law. (Full article...) Recently featured: William Y. Slack American Bank Note Company Printing Plant George Griffith  Today's featured media Dimitri is an 1876 French-language grand opera in five acts by Victorin de Joncières. Set to a libretto by Henri de Bornier and Paul Armand Silvestre after Friedrich Schiller's incomplete play Demetrius, itself a story based on the life of the Russian pretender False Dmitry I (reigned 1605–1606), the opera was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre National Lyrique. Antonín Dvořák's 1881 opera Dimitrij was also based on Schiller's play. This picture shows the set design for Act V of Dimitri's première. Art credit: Philippe Chaperon; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Martial eagle – Douglas fir – HMS Malabar Archive – More featured media...  Did you know Painting of an empty chair by Kefah Ali Deeb ... that Syrian artist Kefah Ali Deeb painted an empty chair (pictured) as her vision of victims and refugees? ... that three of the four Richmond Theatres were destroyed by fire, of which the 1811 fire was described as "early America's first great disaster"? ... that Claude Hamilton Verity, a grandson of Doncaster mayor Charles Verity, was an early pioneer of the synchronisation of sound with silent films? ... that one of the "plushest" nightclubs in northern Florida turned into studios for a TV station in Jacksonville? ... that Left Socialist-Revolutionary leader Maria Spiridonova addressed her party's fourth congress in October 1918 by letter as she was in jail? ... that KT Leveston, the 254th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, is from U.S. area code 254? ... that many people with heart failure, diabetes, or ME/CFS cannot raise their heart rates sufficiently during exercise? ... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe? ... that Aurora Gaming's roster for Apex Legends is made up of Fire Beavers?

In the news Boeing Starliner launch The Boeing Starliner spacecraft conducts its maiden crewed flight (launch pictured), carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station. The CNSA Chang'e 6 completes sampling and takeoff from the far side of the Moon. Claudia Sheinbaum is elected as the president of Mexico. In South Africa's general election, the African National Congress wins the most seats but loses its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid. In association football, the UEFA Champions League concludes with Real Madrid defeating Borussia Dortmund in the men's final and Barcelona defeating Lyon in the women's final. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: John Burnside Alexander Lang Carl Cain Rob Burrow Drew Gordon Lionel Dyck  This day in history June 7 Monument of Branimir 879 – Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir (monument pictured) as its duke. 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I. 1917 – First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines. 1948 – Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured. 1969 – In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans. Roderigo Lopes (d. 1594) Paul Gauguin (b. 1848) Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) Mike Pence (b. 1959) More anniversaries: June 6 June 7 June 8

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