Experience is the best teacher...: Elvira Stahn teaches classes at the UNM-Gallup campus. As a department chair and teacher who dropped out of high school after an unplanned pregnancy at 17, Stahn puts her life experience to work. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Full Story

Pollywog powwow: Toad tadpoles come up for air in a pond of standing water near the east end of Gallup. As tadpoles mature in their lifecycle, they lose their gills and develop lungs, requiring them to live near the water's surface. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent]