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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": 134898,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e048828ad61c8727f75327f1139bb77f",
            "title": "Look Again! Those Wrinkly Rocks May Actually be a Fossilized Microbial Community",
            "description": "Preserved seabed ripples on an outcrop in Morocco covered with wrinkle structures thought to be formed by an ancient microbial…",
            "content": "In 2016 while hiking on a hillside in Morocco, geologist Rowan Martindale saw something that made her stop in her tracks: a slab of sedimentary rock covered in a wrinkly texture reminiscent of elephant skin.\n“I looked at the wrinkles and I was like, ... [4364 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2026/02/look-again-those-wrinkly-rocks-may-actually-be-a-fossilized-microbial-community/",
            "image": "https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/files/wrinkles-microbial-mat_840x600_acf_cropped.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T19:09:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a391d06e95fbcd05432cf50cc35473df",
                "name": "Jackson School of Geosciences",
                "url": "https://www.jsg.utexas.edu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "12f3e16f460fb13b0d4acdf5914b2158",
            "title": "When is the SpaceX Crew-12 launch? Time, date, how to watch liftoff",
            "description": "NASA and SpaceX will both provide live coverage of the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Here's how to watch.",
            "content": "Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY\nThu, February 12, 2026 at 4:15 p.m. UTC\n5 min read\nAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.\nThe International Space Station could soon welcome its newest arrivals if a mission to send four astronau... [7354 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/spacex-crew-12-launch-time-161553131.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/FI21sV45mmhvDE1cgRciyw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03NDY7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_news_641/07d7f974c97c39010938a6ca6b845c4b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T16:15:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f4da3231c7209c9cfd21e192d9e023c",
            "title": "Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk on space exploration, life in orbit and inspiring the next generation",
            "description": "Robin Esrock speaks with the record-setting space explorer about life aboard the International Space Station, space tourism and the future of human exploration",
            "content": "After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, Thirsk went on to study medicine at McGill University, deepening his understanding of human physiology and disease. With this invaluable educational combination, he was selected as a... [11394 chars]",
            "url": "https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/canadian-astronaut-bob-thirsk-on-space-exploration-life-in-orbit-and-inspiring-the-next-generation/",
            "image": "https://canadiangeographic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025_11_05_RCGS_1_1136-1200x800.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T15:59:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8afe19b68cf6eb2927f1452c711ef82c",
                "name": "Canadian Geographic",
                "url": "https://canadiangeographic.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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