Described just over a year ago, the Tulare Basin Scorpion (Paruroctonus tulare) is the latest addition to the United States' diverse scorpion fauna. This species is endemic to the lowland southern San Joaquin valley, among the most severely degraded regions of the western US. Consequently, P. tulare has lost over 80% of its historic range leaving it imminently threatened with extinction. In this talk, I will discuss what is known about the ecology of this species with a special focus on its unique habitat. I will then discuss the implications of Paruroctonus tulare's specialist ecology on its distribution and conservation as well as what this species can teach us about habitat preservation in the Tulare Basin more broadly.