With a successful 2022 that skirted Hurricane Ian, this year's turtle nesting season opens with a new obstacle along Florida's shores: sargassum. Turtle nesting season in Florida kicks off Monday and runs until Oct. 31, but when Hurricane Ian made landfall on Sept. 28 in southwest Florida, nesting season was nearly complete, according to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. Aquarium officials found a limited number of damaged nests, and none of the research nests were damaged. Officials also found no evidence of newly vulnerable nests during the last week of August. Click the link in @usatoday's bio to learn more.