This is an example of using the terms inappropriately. Evolution, by whatever means, is simply a change in the relative frequency of genes in a population. It can increase or decrease the information available to a population. It does not have to cause a new species to emerge. It does not even necessarily make the population better adapted to the environment. It can even lead to extinction. Up, down, or sideways, it is all evolution if the relative gene frequencies in a population change.
Adaptation has several meanings. Individuals can adapt to changing conditions such as increases in altitude. This does not involve a genetic change and is not evolution. Adaptation to environmental changes that involves genetic changes can occur in a population. This is evolution.
