Admit it: May was kind of a rough month. The days turned long, but the weather got hot and sticky. Work was a slog. Marion Barry couldn’t stop offending different ethnic groups. We lost Chuck Brown. And MCA and Donna Summer, too. T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, but he might have been 30 days off.

But, you know? If there was anything that got us through the past four-and-a-half weeks, it was the furry, friendly critters at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo: A family of otters; a pair of newborn cheetah cubs; Betty White. To get you through this final day of the month, click to your heart’s content on our most SEO-friendly stuff from the past 31 days.