Beads will be plentiful as they fly through the air during Saturday's Gasparilla parade, and the Florida Aquarium wants your haul.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," we learned about how you can help in the efforts to beautify Tampa, met a cleanup crew ...

The Florida Aquarium and the City of Tampa are partnering on the Bead-Free Bay initiative to keep parade waste out of local waterways. Those who donate beads at the aquarium can receive a discount on ...

TAMPA, FL — Thousands of beads are tossed into the air to paradegoers every Gasparilla season and, often, many end up in Tampa Bay. To help keep plastics out of the local waterways, the Florida ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- It's the morning after Gasparilla and you find yourself still weighed down with all those beads. So what do ...

In an effort to ensure that Gasparilla beads never end up in Tampa’s waterways, collection sites are strategically placed ...

From leftover beads to leftover trash, the remains of this year’s Gasparilla Children’s Parade are just the start of what’s to come to Tampa Bay next weekend.

From Krewes shouting greetings to beads tossed from floats, this video captures scenes from Gasparilla.