Researchers Ian Bartoszek (left), Ian Easterling, and intern Kyle Findley (right) carry record-breaking female Burmese Python weighing 215 pounds and measuring 17.7 feet in length.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Hunters paid by the state of Florida will be allowed to remove invasive Burmese pythons from Everglades National Park.

NAPLES, FL -- Florida researchers found a nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound python, the largest ever found outside its native habitat. Pythons are native to Southeast Asia. They're an invasive ...