Key Cave Pool

One of the many freshwater pools in Key Cave, located in Lauderdale County on the north shore of Pickwick Lake. It is part of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and is home to the critically endangered Alabama cavefish as well as many other animals adapted to subterranean life.

Underground pond inside Key Cave, Alabama, habitat for the Alabama cavefish
Photo by Bernie Kuhajda, Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute
Underground pond inside Key Cave, Alabama, habitat for the Alabama cavefish