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": 143174,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "77c52e90d7e4235e8483a4e7d681af53",
            "title": "Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What That Golden Orb Found at the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean Actually Was",
            "description": "\"This turned into a special case that required focused efforts and expertise of several different individuals.\"",
            "content": "After spending two and half years pondering a “golden orb” found at the bottom of the ocean, scientists have finally figured out what in the thundering typhoons it actually is.\nThe aureate object looked like some sort of alien relic when it was first... [2714 chars]",
            "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com/scientists-ve-figured-golden-orb-120100871.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/GTyDkVqNMJWf0o1Scb9vLg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02MzA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/futurism_981/197da240f0c8bd067768e9ed89f5e8a9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T12:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d863f4ffeccd8fded318a7cf38642cb",
                "name": "Yahoo News New Zealand",
                "url": "https://nz.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1872a31fd3f196f84f59cfb61780cd82",
            "title": "‘A fearsome sight’: 19-metre-long octopuses prowled the oceans 100 million years ago - new research",
            "description": "Researchers studied the jaws of 15 ancient octopus fossils to determine how big the creatures may have been.",
            "content": "The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus.\nNew analyses of fossilised jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted ... [2536 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/24/a-fearsome-sight-19-metre-long-octopuses-prowled-the-oceans-100-million-years-ago-new-rese",
            "image": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/73/45/22/1200x675_cmsv2_f705bad3-cefd-5744-8093-4838030362e0-9734522.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T09:17:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fe7887ab38dfaf6c0f8af3a124d38295",
                "name": "Euronews.com",
                "url": "https://www.euronews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e299b76245f1dd2c6222bff0084f29f0",
            "title": "Une prof de maths retrouvée sans vie à Faimes après un cambriolage qui a mal tourné : peut",
            "description": "Une enseignante de 56 ans a été retrouvée sans vie début avril à son domicile de Faimes, après un cambriolage. Selon les premiers éléments, aucun traumatisme n’a été constaté et la piste d’une mort liée à un choc émotionnel est évoquée. Un médecin légiste nous explique ce phénomène rare, mais bien réel : mourir de peur.",
            "content": "Le 8 avril dernier, une professeure de mathématiques de 56 ans a été retrouvée morte à son domicile de Faimes, près de Waremme. Victime d’un cambriolage, on n’a retrouvé aucune lésion et il apparaît qu’elle serait morte de peur, selon nos confrères d... [2361 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rtl.be/actu/belgique/une-prof-de-maths-retrouvee-sans-vie-faimes-apres-un-cambriolage-qui-mal-tourne/2026-04-24/article/786744",
            "image": "https://rtleng.rosselcdn.net/sites/default/files/dpistyles_v2/FirstImageUrl/2026/04/24/786744/4616195/public/2026/04/24/75792997.jpeg?itok=eueOOKJx1777014807",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T07:01:21Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "94ccf00306c9adaeed917f704f6f9bcf",
                "name": "RTL Info",
                "url": "https://www.rtl.be"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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