Five-Lined Skink
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3573_1_1295_1.jpg)
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3574_1_1295_2.jpg)
![five-lined skink](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3580_1_1295_8.jpg)
Photos of the Five-Lined Skink, a blue-tailed lizard in Missouri, United States.
Ohio Salamanders – Tadpole Photos
![dead salamander tadpole](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3550_1_1285_11.jpg)
![Salamander Tadpole Photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3540_1_1285_1.jpg)
![salamander tadpole photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3545_1_1285_6.jpg)
![swimming salamander tadpole](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3542_1_1285_3.jpg)
Photos of salamander tadpoles living in vernal pools of Central Ohio.
Arizona Plants
![cactus](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3468_1_1263_2.jpg)
![dead plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3467_1_1263_1.jpg)
![plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3469_1_1263_3.jpg)
![plant](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3474_1_1263_8.jpg)
![prickly pear cactus](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3473_1_1263_7.jpg)
Photos of some of the plants I photographed in Arizona.
Smart Kids in Distress
Advice for young artists and free thinkers struggling in high school.
J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center turns 40
History of the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center, a refuge for many children and teenagers in the Hilltop, a community on the West Side of Columbus, Ohio. Story from in the Columbus Messenger Newspapers for April 29, 2002 by staff writer Shawn Olson.
Subjects in the Classroom and Life
A discussion on the utilitarian value of the subjects our schools teach. This editorial on education was one of the last pieces Shawn Olson printed as a Messenger writer.