Shade and burrows used to be enough. Now, even desert animals are overheating.

PHOENIX — Arizona’s rising summer heat may be more than even desert wildlife can handle.

At the Phoenix Zoo, there’s already a new habitat in the works… with air conditioning.

“The lizards we’re going to be putting in, the native Sonoran Desert lizards, obviously are used to warm weather,” said Bradley Lawrence of the Phoenix Zoo. “But, you know, every year it gets hotter and hotter for longer.”…

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