Weatherwatch: wildlife calls change volume as hurricanes pass

Recent research has recorded how creatures modified their calls in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria – with some surprising resultsIt’s not just humans that hunker down when a hurricane arrives; insects, birds and shrimps do too. But for fish a hurricane is a chance for a party and an opportunity to make a lot of noise, as new underwater recordings show. Back in March 2017 Ben Gottesman from Purdue University in Indiana, USA, and his colleagues placed sound recording devices in c