Human casualties from bear attacks have been increasing in recent years, heightening interest in deterrent sprays, according ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday released for the first time a set of recommended specifications for bear deterrent sprays, including a minimum spray time of six seconds and a spraying distance ...

NEW YORK — A man sprayed bear repellent into a crowd of Pride March revelers in Manhattan's Washington Square Park on Sunday, injuring 51 people, police said Monday. Dominic Sabator, 33, of Harlem, ...

A man who sprayed bear repellent at a massive Pride March crowd in Washington Square Park, injuring more than 50 people, including 11 police officers, has been released without bail. Dominick Sabater, ...

Klaire Rhodes was attacked by a brown bear in state park but spray helped her escape with ‘relatively minor injuries’ ...

A runner on Anchorage's Wolverine Bowl trail used bear spray to fend off a brown bear and was hospitalized, marking the ...

A Massachusetts man is recovering in a Wyoming hospital after he was mauled by a grizzly bear while hiking in Grand Teton National Park Sunday, and he credits a can of bear spray for keeping him alive ...