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Canada Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Science News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 132422,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c8e0cb167124c12a8f7c5b30bb204d10",
            "title": "New Research Challenges Classification of Uranus and Neptune as Ice Giants",
            "description": "The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists.",
            "content": "The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Zürich scientists.\n“The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood,” said Luc... [2610 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sci.news/space/uranus-neptune-classification-14417.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.sci.news/images/2025/12/image_14417-Uranus.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T23:55:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c74358087a9ef7a865a623801c9a631c",
                "name": "Sci.News",
                "url": "https://www.sci.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0fbabbe5acce8b5dd974150b3cf3ccf2",
            "title": "NASA Finds Evidence Of Atmosphere On Alien World 280 Light-Years Away",
            "description": "Data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggests that exoplanet TOI-561 b is surrounded by a thick atmosphere above a global magma ocean.",
            "content": "NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the most compelling evidence to date that a rocky planet beyond the solar system may have an atmosphere. Although it’s not Earth-like, a planet called TOI-561 b, about 280 light-years from the solar system,... [2034 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2025/12/11/nasa-finds-evidence-of-atmosphere-on-alien-world-280-light-years-away/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/693b125d07858cc64d5b029f/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&crop=1920,1080,x0,y0,safe&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T20:52:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b48595557dde878604339a22771780f",
            "title": "Cutting Edge Acoustic Camera Captures What Fish Really Sound Like Underwater",
            "description": "A new underwater camera exposes the long-hidden sounds fish make on bustling coral reefs.",
            "content": "Fish were discovered to make sounds more than 2,000 years ago, but they have gone largely unheard by humans. While a typical, bustling coral reef may be home to dozens of fish species, until recently, identifying specific species’ sounds was practica... [4108 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/cutting-edge-acoustic-camera-captures-what-fish-really-sound-like-underwater/",
            "image": "https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Atlantic_blue_tang_surgeonfish_Acanthurus_coeruleus-1200x675-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T17:09:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7467b24e4cb225d2d28c3119640a3232",
                "name": "ZME Science",
                "url": "https://www.zmescience.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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