OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Tommy Soulati Shepherd sits with a picture of Mexican artist Frida Khalo behind him on his wall as if she's watching over him as he beatboxes into the camera on his tablet.

Our red-headed primate cousins, the orangutans, might be more similar to us vocally than we first thought. According to a paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus on June 27, orangutans have been ...

This post was updated Oct. 16 at 6:51 p.m. The Beatboxing Bruins members are marching to the beat of their own drum. Having had its first meeting of the academic year Thursday, the only student ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds at the same time, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, a new study suggests. University of Warwick researchers say the findings provide clues around the ...

Meet the best at beat-boxing, the winner of the National Human Beatboxing Championship -- and he’s from Southern New England! Ryan Boudreau, whose stage name is “Wunknown,” uses his mouth and voice to ...

Beatboxing is a musical art form in which performers use their vocal tract to create percussive sounds, and a team of researchers is using real-time MRI to study the production of beatboxing sounds.

New research has found that orangutans (which are indeed apes, not monkeys) possess beatboxing skills as good, if not more impressive than their primate cousins — us — and it may be a huge clue to the ...

Researchers have discovered that orangutans possess vocal abilities similar to beatboxing, where they can produce two different sounds simultaneously. The study suggests that these vocal abilities in ...

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Calling all musicians! Starting Friday, you can join some of the world's top music makers at the Showboat in Atlantic City for the American Beatbox Championships.

ST. LOUIS — Edward Cage creates music without an instrument. He uses his entire body and his mouth to do what is known as “beatboxing.” “My style was more 808,” he told 5 On Your Side. He honed his ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. Academics say the findings provide clues around ...