Listener Shabnam Khan has a problem: Every time she works in her garden, she’s visited by lizards and frogs. Shabnam has lived in the metro Atlanta area for decades, and she says this number of scaly, clammy visitors has exploded over the past few years. Frogs croak at night; lizards sun on the cement. And she wants to know, where did all of these animals come from? It turns out, there are a number of potential answers – from small-scale environmental changes like natural plants and new water sources to large-scale shifts like urbanization and development displacing local wildlife. On this month’s Nature Quest, host <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/767284140/emily-kwong"target="_blank" >Emily Kwong</a> and producer <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1255819925/hannah-chinn"target="_blank" >Hannah Chinn</a> discuss the possibilities – and impacts – of these changes. If you live in the Atlanta area and are interested in volunteering with MAAMP (the Metro Atlanta Amphibian Monitoring Program), you can <a href="https://amphibianfoundation.typeform.com/MAAMP?typeform"target="_blank" >sign up for training here</a>. This episode is part of Nature Quest, our monthly segment that brings you a question from a fellow listener who is noticing a change in the world around them. Send a voice memo to <a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"target="_blank" >shortwave@npr.org</a> telling us your name, location and a question about a change you’re seeing in nature – it could be our next Nature Quest episode! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/shortwave"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/shortwave</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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