By afternoon the heating has caused a shallow low pressure system to develop over the land and a shallow high pressure area to develop over the ocean. Because of the pressure gradient force, air begins to flow towards the low pressure on land. This is what causes the wind to be coming onshore during the afternoon hours. Hurricanes can influence wildlife by wiping out area populations of certain organisms that may be used as food by wildlife or by wiping out the wildlife itself. Hurricane Andrew killed 184 million fish in Louisiana because so much organic debris fell into the wetlands where these fish lived that the oxygen decreased too much to sustain life.
Weather can sometimes help wildlife too.
For instance Hurricane Opal helped an endangered fish in Florida by providing more safety coverage for the fish in the form of fallen trees. Climate changes are also influencing wildlife. Certain geese aren't migrating as far south and certain species of frogs, toads and newts have begun spawning earlier as warmer spring temperatures arrive earlier in the year.