Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out ...

Researchers estimate the women were buried with more than 270,000 disc-shaped beads. David W. Wheatley More than 270,000 hand-crafted beads have been recovered from a 5,000-year-old burial site in ...