Actually one of my favorite examples of evolution in action are nylon eating bacteria, which evolved the capabilty to catalyze nylon for energy in a lake that was heavily contaminated by nylon production in the 1930s. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nylon-eating_bacteria" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nylon-eating_bacteria</a>