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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": 139754,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d34af71f6d36c6512aae9a6ece3fc9c7",
            "title": "Asteroid 2024 YR4 to Safely Pass the Moon, Scientists Say",
            "description": "New observations show the asteroid once thought to pose a small collision risk will pass more than 20,000 km from the Moon, eliminating concerns about debris that could disrupt satellites.",
            "content": "Scientists say the asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely pass near the Moon, easing earlier concerns that it could collide with Earth’s natural satellite and potentially create debris that might disrupt satellites.\nThe asteroid was first detected in December... [1222 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tovima.com/society/asteroid-2024-yr4-to-safely-pass-the-moon-scientists-say/",
            "image": "https://www.tovima.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17/bc963678-01f9-480e-87f3-e5641c6b7269.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T10:07:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c6ba321ed13ceacd2125a4425749627",
                "name": "tovima.com",
                "url": "https://www.tovima.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a797adc5814eedf28addc7fdd6051cbb",
            "title": "L'incroyable a eu lieu : deux planètes ont explosé sous les yeux des astronomes",
            "description": "Un scénario de film catastrophe s'est produit sous le regard ébahi des astronomes. Deux planètes se sont percutées et ont explosé en débris, qui obscurcissent la lumière de leur étoile d'une façon qui ne laisse pratiquement pas de place au doute.",
            "content": "Tout commence par une étoile au comportement bizarre. Gaia-GIC-1, un soleil jusqu'ici sans histoire situé à 11 000 années-lumière dans la constellation de la Poupe, a soudainement commencé à s’assombrir de manière chaotique. Pour les astronomes, ce g... [2195 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lesnumeriques.com/astronomie-conquete-spatiale/l-incroyable-a-eu-lieu-deux-planetes-ont-explose-sous-les-yeux-des-astronomes-n252864.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.lesnumeriques.com/optim/news/25/252864/dd111572-deux-planetes-explosent-en-direct-sous-les-yeux-des-astronomes_png__1200_678__179-221-1618-976.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T08:45:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa2fe5eaa5da248da7e27775cfa55b7d",
                "name": "Les Numériques",
                "url": "https://www.lesnumeriques.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb4f61971f5f7286dfffeaed341717f5",
            "title": "Burns Lake Lakes District News",
            "description": "Orcas and dolphins hunt Chinook together off B.C. coast",
            "content": "A recent study described in UBC News (Dec. 11, 2025) outlines a research project monitoring killer whales and dolphins that appear to be hunting together for salmon in the waters of the North Pacific Ocean.\nThe study, carried out by the University of... [1888 chars]",
            "url": "https://burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com/2026/03/12/nature-nut/",
            "image": "https://burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2026/03/41741300_web1_260312-sin-nature-nut-COLUMN-orcas_1.jpg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T08:39:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "98f16c12d0cffa96f8e56822affc79e5",
                "name": "Burns Lake Lakes District News",
                "url": "https://burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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