Canada Science News API

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

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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": 147548,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1cf4cc2fa3f1c3f5025c0718a9d8e23d",
            "title": "Jupiter’s jet streams dive into extreme atmospheric regions",
            "description": "Jupiter’s jet streams dive deep below the clouds, reshaping how scientists understand the giant planet’s atmosphere.",
            "content": "Jupiter does not sit still.\nIts atmosphere races around the planet in more than 20 east-west jet streams, with winds reaching about 100 meters per second, more than three times faster than the strongest jet stream on Earth. Those bands of motion, vis... [9513 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/jupiters-jet-streams-dive-into-extreme-atmospheric-regions/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/05/jupiter-atmosphere-2.png?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T23:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ca7b4c6e0a4a4ffb25c5b659cd536c7b",
            "title": "May 16: How dandelion seeds take flight, and more…",
            "description": "Why old buildings feel creepy, how male octopuses find their mates, how virtual hearts improve patient treatment, what dandelions can teach us about invasive species, a look back at the discovery of Lucy and evergreen trees.",
            "content": "On this week's episode of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald:\nInfrasound, not ghosts, may be why old buildings give us the heebie-jeebies\nHave you ever walked through an old building and felt something, well, unsettling? Scientists decided to investig... [3151 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/octopus-arms-dandelions-9.7200756",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8be804ef-75d8-43b3-8a0e-b114e52d4f63,1778872200238/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C126%2C2328%2C1309%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T20:57:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "affdf90096fbba59c88efba4bd2371c4",
            "title": "Hantavirus : rien ne laisse penser à un variant plus dangereux, après le séquençage du virus chez la Française contaminée",
            "description": "À ce stade « le virus analysé correspond aux souches déjà connues et surveillées en Amérique du Sud », a indiqué ce vendredi la ministre de la Santé.",
            "content": "Fin de crise ? Après le séquençage de la souche de l’hantavirus détectée chez la passagère française testée positive, « aucun élément ne laisse penser à l’apparition d’un variant susceptible d’être plus transmissible ou plus dangereux », a annoncé ve... [2143 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/sante/hantavirus-rien-ne-laisse-penser-a-un-variant-plus-dangereux-apres-le-sequencage-du-virus-chez-la-francaise-contaminee-15-05-2026-4KIAVGO7N5HI3JHEXZL5WGVVI4.php",
            "image": "https://www.leparisien.fr/resizer/oijpi6z6FZQ-w-BRi5q395QyB44=/1200x675/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/leparisien/PF2PMTNTUZHIXAP6MPYQRAIR34.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T18:44:18Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "4c1a44e6e0f469dc804ccacf842c3b6f",
                "name": "Le Parisien",
                "url": "https://www.leparisien.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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