Yellowstone: Realm of the Coyote It's a world forged by fire and ice... a wonderland with jagged edges. Born of a cataclysmic eruption nearly two million years ago it's been exploding ever since... This is the first national park on earth and perhaps still the greatest. A primeval landscape of water, light - and extraordinary life. Over the eons, Yellowstone has become an American Serengeti home to one of the most diverse communities of large mammals on the continent... For thousands of years the call of one great predator has rung out across the wilderness. The call of the coyote. It's not the largest or fiercest of Yellowstone's creatures. But it may well be the most cunning According to one proverb... "Next to God, the coyote is the smartest person on earth." If it seems almost human, that's because like us, the coyote is both cowardly and brave - a schemer... Above all, the coyote is a survivor. It was present at the birth of Yellowstone. It has outlasted the Ice Age, the Stone Age, famines, floods; and still, it's going strong. Nearly 1,000 coyotes live in Yellowstone.