The American Museum of Natural History began exploring the archaeology of St. Catherines Island in 1974.
The St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Program has operated for 25 years saving Loggerhead Sea Turtles nesting on the Island Atlantic Beaches.
The St. Catherines Island Lemur Program maintains several free-ranging troops of Ring Tail Lemurs on the Island supporting conservation research into the behavior of these endangered lower Primates.
The Sewanee Island Ecology Program is an interdisciplinary summer field school that exposes students to many scientific dsiciplines while they live and work on St. Catherines Island.