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": 143236,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "67f28369dcf73f03fbfd37d58fa36d14",
            "title": "Showing The Math For Earth’s First - And Sudden - Spark Of Life",
            "description": "Welcome to Astrobiology.com",
            "content": "Isolating the first spark of life on Earth is a matter of biology, geology, and chemistry — but it’s also an amazing math problem. At least, that’s how Varun Varanasi ’24 viewed it when he was a Yale undergraduate.\nThe question, in a nutshell, is thi... [3579 chars]",
            "url": "https://astrobiology.com/2026/05/showing-the-math-for-earths-first-and-sudden-spark-of-life.html",
            "image": "https://astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Showing-The-Math-For-Earth.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T16:50:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1ff5b422408f5ec9bc27a0260c24caee",
                "name": "astrobiology.com",
                "url": "https://astrobiology.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2239b136ad585a91ce603db11cdf249f",
            "title": "Alberta astronaut to join space mission in September",
            "description": "An Albertan astronaut will soon join the ranks of Canadians to take on groundbreaking space missions.",
            "content": "An Albertan astronaut will soon join the ranks of Canadians to take on groundbreaking space missions.\nJoshua Kutryk, who began his career as a pilot and later became a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut, has been dreaming about space since he was ... [2672 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/05/03/an-alberta-astronaut-will-go-to-space-this-year-it-took-hard-work-dreaming-and-a-lot-of-luck/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/RND47DQ7XIYAIWYMGWMFGDNNF4.jpg?smart=true&auth=90171adb3e65f8901d280c7ad9594232ef7a026227f1ddc88d48921b7182c7da&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T14:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8fde0ebadc08f7b01137c25378d8ebe9",
            "title": "Dinosaurs on display as prehistoric B.C. comes to Prince George",
            "description": "The Exploration Place in Prince George has been taken over by ancient creatures as it hosts Dinosaurs of B.C., a travelling exhibit from the Royal B.C. Museum.",
            "content": "Things are getting prehistoric at The Exploration Place in Prince George.\nThe city's museum and science centre has been taken over by ancient creatures as it hosts Dinosaurs of B.C., a travelling exhibit from the Royal B.C. Museum.\nFront and centre i... [2472 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-george-b-c-dinosaur-display-9.7179313",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/97315789-c545-4c38-b355-6c03f4ead23d,1777493752866/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28289%2C343%2C4522%2C2543%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T14:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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