La Salamandre was established in 1983 by an 11-year-old boy, Julien Perrot.
[1][2][3] La Salamandre is a non-profit-making company and its magazines do not contain any advertising.
[5] A nature magazine for children (6-10 years) is also published, in French (La Petite Salamandre; English: "The Little Salamander").
[6] A German version was also created (Der Kleine Salamander) for German-speaking Switzerland and Germany.
The magazine regularly has partnerships with the scientific programmes of the Radio suisse romande ("Impatience", "CQFD" and "Prise de terre") and France Inter ("La tête au carré").