'These kids can find anything': California teens identify two new scorpion species

The students traveled to salt lakes to collect specimens of unknown arachnids living in the harsh environmentA pair of California scorpion species that may have crawled under the radar for tens of thousands of years have finally been exposed - thanks to the efforts of two Bay Area teenagers. And for one at-risk species, the students' work could prove life-saving.Prakrit Jain of Los Altos and Harper Forbes of Sunnyvale, 17 and 18 at the time, identified two new species - Paruroctonus soda and Paruroctonus conclusus - after a tip from social media and excursions into the harsh terrain the arachnids inhabit, aided by a black light and Jain's mother's car. Continue reading...