Shawon told The Business Standard that the Burmese python measured 11 feet in length and weighed about 12 kilograms.

And they haven’t learned their lesson since: in the past week alone, pythons have wound up at a fire training academy, and terrorizing a New England town. We’ll start with the big story, and by big, ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes in Florida.